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@Hogwash,

In the medical field and how airplanes are built, people study how bad design contributes to how will-intentioned people make mistakes that cause lives to be lost. Seeing someone walking out in the exurbs is out of the ordinary. I usually think "that poor guy's car broke down" and have to avoid the temptation to pull over to offer him a ride. Otoh I would never think something is amiss when I see someone walking in DC.

I doubt that Zimmerman was well-intentioned. However, poor Trayvon's death is an opportunity to explore how suburban design affects how a resident or a passing driver sizes up a stranger walking around. I am sure that there have been similar situations in which an innocent person walking along in a development (not normal behavior in Florida) causes a well-intentioned bystander to call the cops, who then come by and hassle and/or arrest him for very little reason. How much is the traffic-sewer suburban street design responsible for this sort of needless conflict?

by goldfish on Apr 16, 2012 3:46 pm • link • report

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