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> Measuring the risk of travel in terms of hours seems largely pointless, unless I'm missing something. Again, it depends on what you're trying to measure. If
by shock 6y ago
> Measuring the risk of travel in terms of hours seems largely pointless, unless I'm missing something.
Again, it depends on what you're trying to measure. If you're trying to quantify the risk of dying by accident at a certain hour, what activity you are doing in that hour is highly relevant.
If you are trying to quantify the risk of dying by accident while going from A to B, then it's not (that) relevant.
- chii 6y ago> If you're trying to quantify the risk of dying by accident at a certain hour, what activity you are doing in that hour is highly relevant. and this is an irrelevant measure, because by that logic, most people sleep for about 8hrs a day, so the chance they die in their sleep is high!? You measure risk _only_ against what it rewards you. Otherwise, why take the risk at all? Therefore, measuring the risk of air-travel has to be accompanied by a comparison to bus-travel (or rail and/or boat), and measurement should be by distance travelled.