Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by godelski on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:55PM
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You're assuming a straight line and constant speeds. While this is naive for both situations the error will not average out.
Let me give a direct example. I pulled up google maps and what is a 10 minute car prediction (2.8 mi) is also a 54 minute walking estimation (2.7 mi) and a 17 minute bike estimation (2.8 mi). Also, 33-43 minutes by bus fwiw
Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by jjav on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:39AM
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> I pulled up google maps and what is a 10 minute car prediction (2.8 mi) is also a 54 minute walking estimation (2.7 mi)
That does change the numbers; 10 minutes by car being 54 minutes on foot sounds a lot more realistic than 5 minutes by car being 2 hours on foot.
Reasonable on the interstate but as your driveway (nor the store entrance) are directly on an interstate, there has to be at least some stretch of slower driving bringing the average down, so the speed on the interstate section would have to be much higher to bring the overall average speed to 72 mph.