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>Vehicle deaths are very rare, and getting to places quickly matters. People not having any sort of empathy on HN shouldn't surprise me not gonna lie.
by sevenzero 5mo ago
>Vehicle deaths are very rare, and getting to places quickly matters.
People not having any sort of empathy on HN shouldn't surprise me not gonna lie.
- SilverElfin 5mo agoThis is an ad hominem. It is a fact that road deaths are a small cost relative to the benefit of vehicles. If it weren’t, cars and trucks would be outright banned. Most people prefer to have them around, and prefer them to public transit if they can afford them and if infrastructure exists. If you think even one death should mean the benefits don’t matter, then the only solution is to shut down all of society. There is risk everywhere. One death per 100 million miles is a small risk to most people. But that doesn’t mean we are “not having any sort of empathy”.