Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down17
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·29 days agoMy point is that the “planes are safer” stat is, at best, disingenuous. Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane. But people tend to fly less than they drive, so cars are cited as being more dangerous.
My point is that the “planes are safer” stat is, at best, disingenuous. Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane. But people tend to fly less than they drive, so cars are cited as being more dangerous.