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> Since 2000, 284 people have fallen off cruise ships .... an average of about 1.5 people per month From the article.. but yeah, with 30 million people traveli
by jopsen 8y ago
> Since 2000, 284 people have fallen off cruise ships .... an average of about 1.5 people per month
From the article.. but yeah, with 30 million people traveling on cruise ships it's hard to tell if this is worse than regular traffic.
(Wouldn't surprise me, if cruise ships are skechy)
- FakeComments 8y ago1 in 10,000 people in the US die each year in a car accident. So it would require 3,000 deaths per year to approach cars. It actually works out reasonable as an estimate: if you spend 1-2 hours in a car each day, that’s 4-8% of your year; a week on a cruise ship would be 2% of a year. So we’re within an order of magnitude on exposure to each. So with 30 people per year dying to falling off boats, it’s much, much less dangerous than cars.
- zilian 8y agoHave you read the article ? It s interesting and is actually about how few f#cks are given by those companies. And in your car, you are 100% liable and not in international waters
- danso 8y agoWhat’s the number of people who travel in cars or are near traffic on a daily basis, versus the number of people who are on a cruise ship on a daily basis?