Ai bảo 'đi bộ tốt cho sức khỏe'?

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You take your life in your hands when you’re on foot in Florida, the deadliest state in the nation for pedestrians (người đi bộ, bộ hành).

Walking can be hazardous (có hại) to your health in the Sunshine State, which retained its notorious No. 1 ranking as the place where a pedestrian is most likely to be struck and killed by a driver in the United States, according to the 2021 “Dangerous By Design” report from Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition.

Nine of the 15 most hazardous U.S. cities for pedestrians are in Florida, with Orlando ranked as least safe and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolis ranked No. 13 in the biennial study released Tuesday.

Drivers hit and killed 53,435 pedestrians, more than 17 people per day on average, throughout the country between 2010 and 2019. The number of people killed while walking has been on a steady rise each year, growing by 45% over the most recent decade for which data was available for analysis.

“We continue to design (thiết kế đường phố) and operate streets that prioritize (ưu tiên) the speedy movement of vehicles (di chuyển nhanh/tốc độ của các phương tiện) at the expense of safety for all people who use them,” the report says. “Many states and localities have spent the last 10 years focusing on enforcement, running ineffectual education campaigns, or blaming the victims of these crashes, while often ignoring the role of roadway design in these deaths...”

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