The arm bands are supposed to make pedestrians, especially seniors who are the ones more likely to be hit, more visible to drivers. According to Toronto police data, most pedestrians and cyclists who are killed or seriously injured on city streets are hit by drivers in daylight hours with good visibility. Those conditions account for 51 per cent of the 2,741 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed or seriously injured over that period. “Nobody’s playing blame here.”Insisting that Vision Zero is working, Pasternak admitted there’s “mayhem” on the roads. Based on the Star’s count, 34 pedestrians have been killed in Toronto so far this year.

Source: thestar November 26, 2019 22:30 UTC