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Originally Posted by Crawford
There are about 40k annual deaths from car accidents in the U.S., every year. And 3 million annual injuries. So basically 1% of the U.S. is injured in car accidents, every year.
I don't think it's unreasonable to call driving a "dangerous", perhaps even an "extremely dangerous" activity, even though it's rarely perceived as such.
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and...ortation-mode/
I would go so far as to say most Americans believe public transportation is unsafe, and almost all believe its less safe than driving. Yet the relative danger in private vehicles appears about 10x-20x as high as transit in recent years. |
Americans believe public transportation is unsafe not because they think the train is going to derail from another train hitting it but because they're going to get harassed, mugged or assaulted and would rather not put themselves or their family in danger when they don't have to.
Also, 4 million Americans die every single year from something, over 1% of the American population dies, every single year from something.
So if you wake up in the morning, you run the risk of something killing you the moment you roll out of bed.
It's scary out there, be afraid, be very afraid, something is going to get ya!