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Over a 15-year period, 6,253 cars crashed into 7-Eleven storefronts in the U.S. – an average of 1.14 per day.
7-Eleven apparently fought in court to withhold that data from the public.
“They have not been producing that information for many, many years,” Rogers said, “and that’s what’s important about this case - getting this information out about how frequently this happens.”
Rob Reiter is co-founder of the Storefront Safety Council. He was retained as an expert by Carl’s attorneys in this case.
“If you install bollards, you pretty much solve that problem,” he said of the danger.
Reiter advocates for safety bollards or protective barriers being placed in front of storefronts – especially those with parking lots that face the front door.
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There’s commonalities that make a particular type of site a hazard. Parking a sidewalk’s length from the building is pretty unique to these types of stores. People run over people or damage property all the time but why do you think these kinds stores are so targeted in this article? Because they built an environment where it’s MUCH easier to happen than say apartments, grocery stores, hospitals, or most anywhere else. And then they didn’t protect you from what is apparently a common enough danger that they have created and you don’t have an alternative.
You should be able to walk into a 7-11 without fearing you’re going to lose your legs.
“Who needs safety equipment when there’s someone we can blame.” Boy am I glad we invented seat belts before this every-man-for-himself mindset took over.