Lightfire228 comments on What the hell happened around 2010? Smartphones?

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Correlation is not causation

There could be a 3rd driving force that's causing both trends, among other possible explanations

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[–] webpack@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think the general consensus is that bigger and more dangerous cars causes more pedestrian deaths.

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[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case

but a correlation (as presented in the first comment) is not a valid explanation (again, as is presented in the comment)

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's good practice 👍🏼 but I probably go for the trucks explanation here

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[–] Ungraded@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago*

Why? The curves only correlate after 2010.

General increase in car ownership might explain both, more deaths and increased truck sales.

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