News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on "I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you.". Parent comment

Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by pyre on Sunday February 05, 2012 @03:28AM (#3553620)
I would imagine that drunk walking has less of a chance of killing others though. This doesn't even have to be by-standers. For example, with 4 drunk teenagers in a car, it just takes 1 drunk teen to kill 4. On the other hand, if you have 4 drunk walking teens, that kind of outcome is far less likely.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by onemoreact on Sunday February 05, 2012 @09:36AM (#3554114)
The chance that they all die is lower, but they chance that at least one of them dies is far far higher.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by pyre on Sunday February 05, 2012 @03:24PM (#3555128)
Are we comparing same levels of drunken-ness here? What about the difference between 4 drunk teens each walking alone vs. 4 drunk teens walking in a group (where it's possible to look out for one another)?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by westicle on Monday February 06, 2012 @12:10AM (#3556286)
The mentioned article provides some figures:

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/12/28/the-perils-of-drunk-w...

[ Parent | on HN ]