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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It'd be victim blaming if people were intentionally running over people in dark clothing. When talking about victim blaming you're generally talking about the intent of the perpetrator, not the general circumstances. "She was dressed all sexy like and made him rape her" and such. It's an excuse for agency, rather than lack of agency.

Wearing dark clothes in poorly lit high traffic areas makes you harder to see, and harder to avoid. Drivers can not act on information they do not have, so they have less agency to avoid those pedestrians.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Lol, apart from the fact that the original comment literally is victim blaming? The rise in pedestrian deaths Is NOT because people are wearing darker clothes. If you think this is true you are a complete moron