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A 40% reduction in fatalities does not seem significant to you? And here are historical sales figures: http://wardsauto.com/keydata/historical/UsaSa01summary ht
by brazzy 13y ago
A 40% reduction in fatalities does not seem significant to you? And here are historical sales figures: http://wardsauto.com/keydata/historical/UsaSa01summary http://wardsauto.com/keydata/historical/UsaSa01summary - starts in 1931, but suggests that the number of cars in 1925 was about 1/10 that of 1990 (for about 1/3 the population).
And no amount of personal competence and carefulness can fully protect you against other people's mistakes.
- raverbashing 13y ago"40% reduction in fatalities" is similar to "double the risk of cancer", it does not tell anything about the real risk The average risk is still small by today's standarts at 17 by 100k (per year). It's probably better because of systemic improvements (and in the 90's you were adding older cars to the statistic) Besides, you're not going to stay with the clunker forever. Everything has a risk in life, but if some prefer to live in a bubble so be it.