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> And this is not just a cost issue. Its estimated that failure to adhere to known safer pavement designs is resulting in 10,000 - 15,000 unnecessary deaths a y
by ijpoijpoihpiuoh 7y ago
> And this is not just a cost issue. Its estimated that failure to adhere to known safer pavement designs is resulting in 10,000 - 15,000 unnecessary deaths a year.
That seems unlikely, if this was in a single state, considering only about 35k people die each year on the roads in the entire country.
- lostlogin 7y agoIs it possible that the 10-15k figure includes a different way of counting? Pedestrians and bikes etc? It would be good to see a source.
- ijpoijpoihpiuoh 7y agoNo pedestrians or bikes on the interstate. It's likely the figure is just a large exaggeration.
- Timothy055 7y agoOr it’s multiplied over the expected life of the roadway?
- ijpoijpoihpiuoh 7y agoSince the figure quoted is "X deaths per year", that that would be a large exaggeration, as I said, right?