Unsurprised, as someone who regularly walks on urban and rural streets, that U.S. pedestrian deaths have hit their highest level in 30 years.
The Idiot, who knows how dangerous it is to cross streets in rural and urban areas, was not particularly shocked that a record-high 6,590 pedestrians were killed in motor-vehicle crashes in the U.S. last year, according to a report by the Governors Highway Safety Association. That’s five percent more than in 2018 and 50 percent more than in 2009. Experts contend that, among other things, both drivers and pedestrians are increasingly distracted by smartphones and impacted by bad lighting.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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