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Your second link mentions that alcohol is a factor in 1/3 of fatal traffic accidents and that traffic accidents are the leading killer of adults under 25. I thi

Your second link mentions that alcohol is a factor in 1/3 of fatal traffic accidents and that traffic accidents are the leading killer of adults under 25. I think dropping the leading killer of young adults would be worthwhile. Your third link says accidents will be the cause of death for 1 in 77 people and compared it to 1 in 276 people dying of skin cancer. Does this mean I shouldn't bother wearing sunscreen?

arcticbull 7y ago
> Your second link mentions that alcohol is a factor in 1/3 of fatal traffic accidents and that traffic accidents are the leading killer of adults under 25. I think dropping the leading killer of young adults would be worthwhile. I'm with you 100%, and again, I don't recommend anyone ever drive drunk. It's hardly the responsible thing to do. I was pointing out that it isn't as most people assume, that if you have 2 drinks you're going to die in a multi-car pile-up. I also suspect those under-25s had more than 3-4 drinks, and also that they likely drove extra recklessly as under-25s tend to do — hence their insurance premiums and inability to rent cars. We should always evaluate the proportionality of our responses especially as humans are notoriously bad at managing low risk of a strongly negative outcome. > Your third link says accidents will be the cause of death for 1 in 77 people and compared it to 1 in 276 people dying of skin cancer. Does this mean I shouldn't bother wearing sunscreen? Not wearing sunscreen may well help you avoid skin cancer and have other ancillary benefits to both you and reefs. [1] tldr: vitamin D supplements don't work and sunscreen blocks your ability to synthesize vitamin D and nitrogen oxides (which lower blood pressure). re: cancer risk of sun exposure: the most common cancers due to sun exposure are basal-cell carcinomas and squamous-cell carcinomas, which are almost never fatal. People who work outdoors are half a likely to develop melanoma, and similarly for tanned people. “The risk factor for melanoma appears to be intermittent sunshine and sunburn, especially when you’re young,” says Weller. “But there’s evidence that long-term sun exposure associates with less melanoma.” but I digress, you don’t have a mandatory sunscreen application machine stapled to all the doors of your house by law if you fail to put it on twice haha [1] https://www.outsideonline.com/2380751/sunscreen-sun-exposure-skin-cancer-science https://www.outsideonline.com/2380751/sunscreen-sun-exposure...
raverbashing 7y ago
> I think dropping the leading killer of young adults would be worthwhile. That's statistical feel-good thinking Young adults don't usually die of natural causes Impaired driving, while it is certainly a concern, gets too much "think of the children/puritanical" influence. How many people are impaired by lack of sleep? By texting? By lack of or confusing road signs? And while all of those are addressed more or less, none of them are tackled as punitively as DUI. (And of course different BACs have very different effects, or even the same BAC can affect people differently)
- arcticbull 7y ago
  I’d love numbers on how many are killed or injured by amber alerts. My phone goes off as though the Russians just launched the Nukes for an incident half a state away, and while driving it’s kinda terrifying.

arcticbull 7y ago

> Your second link mentions that alcohol is a factor in 1/3 of fatal traffic accidents and that traffic accidents are the leading killer of adults under 25. I think dropping the leading killer of young adults would be worthwhile. I'm with you 100%, and again, I don't recommend anyone ever drive drunk. It's hardly the responsible thing to do. I was pointing out that it isn't as most people assume, that if you have 2 drinks you're going to die in a multi-car pile-up. I also suspect those under-25s had more than 3-4 drinks, and also that they likely drove extra recklessly as under-25s tend to do — hence their insurance premiums and inability to rent cars. We should always evaluate the proportionality of our responses especially as humans are notoriously bad at managing low risk of a strongly negative outcome. > Your third link says accidents will be the cause of death for 1 in 77 people and compared it to 1 in 276 people dying of skin cancer. Does this mean I shouldn't bother wearing sunscreen? Not wearing sunscreen may well help you avoid skin cancer and have other ancillary benefits to both you and reefs. [1] tldr: vitamin D supplements don't work and sunscreen blocks your ability to synthesize vitamin D and nitrogen oxides (which lower blood pressure). re: cancer risk of sun exposure: the most common cancers due to sun exposure are basal-cell carcinomas and squamous-cell carcinomas, which are almost never fatal. People who work outdoors are half a likely to develop melanoma, and similarly for tanned people. “The risk factor for melanoma appears to be intermittent sunshine and sunburn, especially when you’re young,” says Weller. “But there’s evidence that long-term sun exposure associates with less melanoma.” but I digress, you don’t have a mandatory sunscreen application machine stapled to all the doors of your house by law if you fail to put it on twice haha [1] https://www.outsideonline.com/2380751/sunscreen-sun-exposure-skin-cancer-science https://www.outsideonline.com/2380751/sunscreen-sun-exposure...

raverbashing 7y ago

> I think dropping the leading killer of young adults would be worthwhile. That's statistical feel-good thinking Young adults don't usually die of natural causes Impaired driving, while it is certainly a concern, gets too much "think of the children/puritanical" influence. How many people are impaired by lack of sleep? By texting? By lack of or confusing road signs? And while all of those are addressed more or less, none of them are tackled as punitively as DUI. (And of course different BACs have very different effects, or even the same BAC can affect people differently)

arcticbull 7y ago
I’d love numbers on how many are killed or injured by amber alerts. My phone goes off as though the Russians just launched the Nukes for an incident half a state away, and while driving it’s kinda terrifying.