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We have the same root cause analysis for train incidents, and rich people certainly don't take the train.. It's just our totally useless perception of risk alo
by revelation 9y ago
We have the same root cause analysis for train incidents, and rich people certainly don't take the train..
It's just our totally useless perception of risk along with some other unfortunate qualities of humans. Trains are very safe but when something happens it's usually lots of casualties, destruction and press coverage (same for planes). Many many more people die from car crashes but you'll never see root cause analysis there, instead you have police falling over each other trying to blame whichever party is dead.
- breatheoften 9y agoIs more root cause analysis likely to be useful at preventing future car accidents? I think that accurate awareness of risk factors with cars probably already exists in a reasonably sophisticated form -- what is lacking compared to planes and trains is a way to turn that knowledge into effective preventive action. (Not entirely lacking as I think safety regulations do take into account statistical models of accident risk in terms of regulatory requirements on things like frame impact absorption)