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This isn't the same thing - in the cases of terrorist caused and police caused deaths, there were human beings who acted to intentionally kill someone else. In
by sophacles 11y ago
This isn't the same thing - in the cases of terrorist caused and police caused deaths, there were human beings who acted to intentionally kill someone else. In the case of railroad crossings, there isn't such intentionality.
- cozzyd 11y agoMany railroad crossing deaths are presumably suicides. Some police deaths might be, but that is probably rare.
- sophacles 11y agoAgreed, I worded my statement as "intentionally kill someone else" in consideration of that - largely because the train engineers don't get a choice in the matter of railroad crossing incidents.
- Faint 11y agoFor purposes of deciding where money and resources are best spent, I don't think it makes any difference whether there was someone with intent to harm or not. You can spend money to construct safer railway crossings, you can spend money to hire more cops or NSA operatives, you can spend money to educate cops, or you can make rule that all cars must have safety devices that stop them if they intend to cross railway when a train is coming, which will make cars more expensive, and so on and so on. Never the less to prioritize these, statistics are important.