dacalla@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL that Halloween is, by far, the most dangerous day of the year for child pedestrians.lemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down154
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Halloween is, by far, the most dangerous day of the year for child pedestrians.lemmy.zipdacalla@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down2·5 days ago*in the US Also more pedestrians=more pedestrian accidents, like duh
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoI also think being closer to twilight (even maybe dark in some areas) has something to do with it.
minus-squarealpine_jim@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agobeing so far south that a Halloween evening is still light, but still doing Halloween activities anyway, is a wild new idea for me. it’s like Aussies wearing Santa hats in midsummer.
*in the US
Also more pedestrians=more pedestrian accidents, like duh
I also think being closer to twilight (even maybe dark in some areas) has something to do with it.
being so far south that a Halloween evening is still light, but still doing Halloween activities anyway, is a wild new idea for me.
it’s like Aussies wearing Santa hats in midsummer.