11-20-2017, 12:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2017, 12:02 AM by danbrotherston.)
(11-19-2017, 11:29 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(11-19-2017, 07:33 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I’m well aware that there is a double standard where anything involving roads is allowed to be wildly unsafe.
Anything involving roads is wildly unsafe? Seriously? While it's far from perfect, the accident stats do not bear out that claim.
I think ijmorlan said it well already, but I'm going to guess you've never walked down a curb faced sidewalk on a 70 km/h truck route.
The collision stats may not say I'm likely to be hit, but it is still rather terrifying.
Moreover, what do the collision stats bear out? The context ijmorlan was discussing was in comparison to rails, I'm pretty sure compared with railways, roads *are* wildly unsafe.
It's all a matter of what baseline we take. We've grown accustomed to our level of road violence, but it is actually the top cause of unexpected death for many age groups. It is very likely the least safe thing we do on a regular basis.