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To the parent's point. Buses are safer for the occupants because they are heavier. But they are more dangerous to the smaller vehicles occupants. I suppose the
by corpMaverick 4y ago
To the parent's point. Buses are safer for the occupants because they are heavier. But they are more dangerous to the smaller vehicles occupants.
I suppose they don't tend to go into high speed highways.
- pbadams 4y agoThere are also fewer buses needed to carry the same number of people, and they are operated by professional (and hopefully less distracted!) drivers. I'm not sure a good data source, but I'd expect that the serious injury rate per person-mile of buses is much lower than that of private cars.
- dredmorbius 4y agoI don't have serious injury, but deaths per 100m passenger miles is 1/10th to 1/20th the rate for private passenger vehicles. Rail is 1/2 the bus fatality rate. <https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics/deaths-by-transportation-mode/ https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics...>
- sethammons 4y agoIt is funny how our bubbles shape our views. I've never been on a bus that didn't have highway speeds as part of its regular route.