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Re:Why We Can’t Figure Out Why Infrastructure Is So Expensive by ijpoijpoihpiuoh on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @03:26PM (#20518746)
> And this is not just a cost issue. Its estimated that failure to adhere to known safer pavement designs is resulting in 10,000 - 15,000 unnecessary deaths a year.

That seems unlikely, if this was in a single state, considering only about 35k people die each year on the roads in the entire country.

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Re:Why We Can’t Figure Out Why Infrastructure Is So Expensive by lostlogin on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:05PM (#20519105)
Is it possible that the 10-15k figure includes a different way of counting? Pedestrians and bikes etc?

It would be good to see a source.

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Re:Why We Can’t Figure Out Why Infrastructure Is So Expensive by ijpoijpoihpiuoh on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:49PM (#20519519)
No pedestrians or bikes on the interstate. It's likely the figure is just a large exaggeration.
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Re:Why We Can’t Figure Out Why Infrastructure Is So Expensive by Timothy055 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @08:26PM (#20521525)
Or it’s multiplied over the expected life of the roadway?
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Re:Why We Can’t Figure Out Why Infrastructure Is So Expensive by ijpoijpoihpiuoh on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:21AM (#20525125)
Since the figure quoted is "X deaths per year", that that would be a large exaggeration, as I said, right?
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