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>It’s not comparable to murder because it’s much more likely that someone would be killed by you offering them a ride in your car than by swatting them. My car
by Thorrez 4y ago
>It’s not comparable to murder because it’s much more likely that someone would be killed by you offering them a ride in your car than by swatting them.
My car rides don't come with a 0.1% chance of death. I'm not that bad of a driver.
- fragmede 4y agoYou're right, it's probably higher. Your skill as a driver doesn't make it impossible for a drunk driver in another car to hit yours, unfortunately.
- Thorrez 4y agoIf I drive 1 trip per day, a 0.1% chance of death on each trip means I would only survive 3 years on average. And I take more than 1 trip per day. Most people live much more than 3 years, so the risk is certainly less than 0.1% per trip. Let's calculate it. There were 42,915 traffic deaths in the US in 2021.[1] Americans take 411 billion trips per year.[2] That's 42915/411000000000 = 0.00001% chance of death per trip. So a driving trip is 10000x safer than being swatted. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in... [2] https://www.bts.gov/statistical-products/surveys/national-household-travel-survey-daily-travel-quick-facts https://www.bts.gov/statistical-products/surveys/national-ho...