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12.9 still seems very low to me. What makes the lower number better? I wouldn’t want the difference between 12.9 and 7.4 if it means I need to give up on drivin

12.9 still seems very low to me. What makes the lower number better? I wouldn’t want the difference between 12.9 and 7.4 if it means I need to give up on driving cars and take slow inconvenient public transit or be limited to where public transit takes me. Cars are freedom. I would also argue the US is more successful than literally every other country in part because of fast road infrastructure. So maybe they’re all just making the wrong tradeoff.

ajuc 2y ago
> What makes the lower number better? ~20 000 fewer people dying per year. > I wouldn’t want the difference between 12.9 and 7.4 if it means I need to give up on driving cars You don't need to give up driving cars. People do drive cars outside USA. > slow inconvenient public transit When it's done right it's more convenient than cars. I own a car and I drive under 3000 km per year because I just barely need it. > I would also argue the US is more successful The only metric I can think of where this is true is military, which does not seem relevant :)
abenga 2y ago
> I wouldn’t want the difference between 12.9 and 7.4 Do you volunteer to be one of the 5.5 in your slice of 100K?