@dangoodin @dr2chase @mbonsma

I don't think that's really the core of what OP is getting at. Rather it's general commentary about blaming the victim. Just like girls shouldn't be blamed for wearing skirts or whatever the F we were wearing at the moment we were attacked.

I am very anxious when my kids are playing at the park because of the cars. When my kids are at High Park when it's shut down to cars, those worries go away. Yes. There are bikes, but the likelihood of a cyclist causing serious injury is not nearly as high as a car. (Though in fairness I did do the mama yell thing at a cyclist behaving badly and cycling recklessly through said park once).

It's not that pedestrians should walk around with earbuds in and noses in phones. If they fell into a hole in the sidewalk they would be deserving of that fate if that were the case. It's that momentary distractions should not result in death sentences because of how large and unsafe we are continually building vehicles.

Looking down for a moment should not mean I deserved to be hit, just like wearing a short skirt does not mean I deserved to be attacked.