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Presumably there are fewer accidents when there is gridlock. There is no / minimal gridlock right now.

• jandrese 6y ago
  Heavy traffic dramatically increases the accident rate but decreases the fatality rate because it prevents people from building up enough speed to overcome their vehicle's safety features. However, there is a hidden fatality rate in slow traffic. The number of person-hours wasted waiting for the traffic to move. It can build up to a lifetime pretty easily with enough traffic, so cumulatively the traffic jams in a major metropolitan area can waste the 750,000 hours or so of people's lifetime and virtually kill a person. In short, commuting sucks.
  • r00fus 6y ago
    Are those hours commuting completely wasted? I listen to far fewer audiobooks/podcasts...