Roads Are 'Designed' to Kill Minorities, Says Transportation Secretary

Townhall.com ^ | April 17, 2023 12:45 PM | Spencer Brown

[E. Pluribus Unum]

While ignoring a cornucopia of crises in his two-plus years as Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg has found a supposed crisis that he will address, and it sounds a lot like his previously trotted-out theory that bridges are a tool of racism.

Speaking with Al Sharpton on MSNBC, Buttigieg declared "we've got a crisis when it comes to roadway fatalities in America" before making his usual pivot to frame the problem as one of race.

"We lose about 40,000 people every year," Buttigieg told Sharpton, adding roadway fatalities are "a level that's comparable to gun violence" for emphasis. "And we see a lot of racial disparities," Buttigieg continued.

Specifically, according to Buttigieg, "black and brown Americans, tribal citizens, and rural residents" are "much more likely to lose their lives — whether it's in a car or a pedestrian being hit by a car."

Buttigieg argued that the racial disparity is "related to discrimination" and "even the ways roads are designed and built" such that minorities don't have "access to a safe street design that's got crosswalks and good lighting."

Here's Buttigieg's full meandering argument about how roads are supposedly designed to be racially discriminatory:

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Without evidence," as the "Brought to you by Pfizer" crowd likes to say.

[butlerweave]

This guy is Insane

[fretzer]

Another day, another WTF?

[ConservativeInPA]

Faggots will faggot. He’s an enemy to America.

[butlerweave]

Secretary of Transportation has no clue about Transportation ,LOL

[Magnum44]

Could be true...

[Paladin2]

The roads are not designed to accommodate the alternative set of laws that are [not] enforced on them.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“You are here” in the universal language.

[Deaf and Discerning]

LOL!

[Fledermaus]

Geez, what a maroon as Bugs would say.

And to think he believes he’s presidential material!

[BigFreakinToad]

I think he/she/it is the 3rd biggest joke in the Biden puppet show. He moved up when the luggage thief resigned or fired.

[HereInTheHeartland]

My gosh.
Mental illness is everywhere .

[Tupelo]

I know. I know.
State, County & city DOTs across the continent have traffic cameras. When a camera snaps a photo of a POC, a barrier shoots up and causes them to wreck.
Diabolical. Like something out of Dr No or maybe Buttigieg’s fevered mind

[BenLurkin]

He is a despicable creep.

[BenLurkin]

“Can’t say we didn’t warn you.”

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Pete Buttigieg is a very special type of moron.

[IYAS9YAS]

No. Our roads are just fine. It’s just that certain demographics think the rules don’t apply. Ever.

[VTenigma]

Uuunngg.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

What a pander bear. Buttgag's mind is always wandering,
wondering who will be knocking on his "back door" tonight …

[HollyB]

So fix the roads. What are you waiting for, you’ve been given hundreds of billions of dollars.