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If driving were 10 times more dangerous than it is now, we'd all still be doing it.

• blibble 3y ago
  your lifetime risk of dying in a motor accident is about 1 in 100 (depending on where in the world you live) I suspect you'd see fewer people driving if it was 1 in 10
  • vkou 3y ago
    > I suspect you'd see fewer people driving if it was 1 in 10 Everybody dies, and I need to get to work/see grandma/go to the grocery. People drove about as much in the 60s, when the per-vehicle mile travel deaths in the US were 5 times what they are today.
  • serf 3y ago
    >I suspect you'd see fewer people driving if it was 1 in 10 I don't. The cohort of people that make risk assessments with regards to routine every-day things and change their plans accordingly is minuscule, and most places around the world do not have an equivalent form of transportation. Even with minor/un-needed activities people tend to ignore risk. Every cigarette smoker over a long enough period will develop health problems and eventually die faster than they would have otherwise, but it's still a thing; and it doesn't offer the advantage of actually facilitating getting to work on time and feeding your family.
  • uwagar 3y ago
    the coronavirus fatality was also similar no? yet we had lockdowns...