Re:Driverless cars are stuck in a jam
by rootusrootus on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:02PM
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> compare road deaths to mass shootings
Well, if we are going to do that, we need to compare the utility of those mass shootings compared to the utility of a car.
Re:Driverless cars are stuck in a jam
by francisofascii on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:37AM
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Right. And you are just looking at deaths. The injury rates are much higher. And crash injuries can be debilitating. Certainly the #1 threat to health in the U.S.
And about the other causes of death, I want to see how driving correlates with obesity and heart disease. Then throw in depression and mental anguish that's endemic in the rush hour commute. Sitting for 3 hours in a car versus walking a little more and taking the bus sounds like a really bad trade for your health.
According to [1] in the US road traffic accidents are the 17th-most-common cause of death across all age ranges.
But among 15-24 year olds? Number 1 cause of death. In fact you have to reach age 45 before road traffic accidents are even outside the top five.
If you really want to ramp up the rhetoric, compare road deaths to mass shootings and September 11th. Where's the trillion-dollar invasion of Detroit to overthrow the Drivetrain Of Evil?
[1] https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-ag...