Yesterday’s Austin American Statesman<\/a> reported that Austin is on a record pace for pedestrian and bicyclist deaths<\/a>. So far, 16 pedestrians and 1 bicyclist have lost their life to wrecks.\u00a0 In 2012, the current record year, 26 pedestrians and 3 bicyclists were killed.<\/p>\n The best quote of the story was from Lt. Troy Officer, who works in the Austin Police Department vehicular homicide unit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lt. Officer stated:<\/p>\n If we had people being killed in these numbers, if we had gun violence that was taking lives like we have the vehicle violence, people would be outraged.\u00a0 People should be outraged by the loss of life from these vehicles because it’s preventable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I couldn’t agree with the officer more.\u00a0 We see the tragedy caused by careless drivers on a daily basis.\u00a0\u00a0 I think we understand it.\u00a0 But most people don’t know how significant these problems are.<\/p>\n I also agree with the officer that these wrecks are preventable.\u00a0 (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday’s Austin American Statesman reported that Austin is on a record pace for pedestrian and bicyclist deaths. So far, 16 pedestrians and 1 bicyclist have lost their life to wrecks.\u00a0 In 2012, the current record year, 26 pedestrians and 3…<\/span><\/p>\n\n