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Does anyone have the data on what an individual's chance of dying in any particular year is if they drive a car from, say, 2000, vs. a car from 2020? The differ
by thegrim33 3y ago
Does anyone have the data on what an individual's chance of dying in any particular year is if they drive a car from, say, 2000, vs. a car from 2020? The difference has to be so slim, my gut feeling is the difference between 1 in 50,000,000 and 1 in 100,000,000. But I guess that's why I'm asking for the actual metric.
Actually owning the vehicle, paying less for it, having a less complex more reliable vehicle, having a vehicle I can maintain myself, having a vehicle that obeys my commands rather than deciding on its own to refuse to run or to slam on the brakes, a vehicle that doesn't phone home data about me and my driving, is so much more important to me than a lottery ticket odds difference in whether I might die.
- zemvpferreira 3y agoyou could refer to the Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year as a proxy. In 1985, before airbags etc: 2.5 deaths per 100 million miles travelled. In 2000, after airbags: 1.5 deaths per 100 million miles travelled. After 2010, with extra safety systems: Around 1.1 deaths per 100 million miles travelled.