Suburban man's case reveals cars slam into storefronts like 7-Eleven with alarming frequency
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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.

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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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  • SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world
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    3 个月前

    7-Eleven released a statement that read in part: “We are heartbroken by this tragedy…. It is important to note that this unfortunate accident was caused by a reckless driver who pled guilty, and this store followed all local building codes and ordinances.”

    “Of course it’s not 7-11’s fault, anyone but us”

    • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works
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      2 个月前

      So if a car hit your house and the postman gets hurt you’d hold yourself personally responsible and pay all his costs and stuff?

      • SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world
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        2 个月前

        Strawman, you’ve changed too much in your scenario to be taken seriously. This didn’t happen on residential property or to a federal on-the-job worker which would both have drastically different laws applied than a commercial property and their own employees and customers. You don’t even touch on 1.14 crashes per day over 15 years. Go fabricate fights somewhere else.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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      2 个月前

      This isn’t a 7/11 specific problem. In my area coffee shops tend to be the most common hit, and many of them seem to be a case of someone putting their car into the wrong gear and driving forward when they meant to reverse.

      If they are going to demand that 7/11 needs bollards, then just about any business with a parking lot should need them too.