Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[ijmorlan]

I agree with most of the context, though I am unsure of how it's related to a car. A car, in this case, is the weapon. Perhaps in this case though, using a car might have created a better outcome. By that, I mean, he likely would have committed a gun crime at a later date, at one of their religious services, and perhaps injuring and killing more people. Though it's difficult to predict different outcomes.

Just to clarify, by “able” I mean “able to pull the trigger”, so to speak (or literally if the weapon of choice was a gun). I speculate that it might be easier for this perpetrator to accidentally on purpose crash their vehicle into people than it would be for them to knife some people or point and shoot a gun. Also I wonder how long in advance this was planned; most people don’t carry knives or guns with them, so they can’t suddenly decide to commit a murder; but the difference between driving more-or-less safely down the road and committing a murder is a flick of the steering wheel which conceivably could be done on a whim.