The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoPassenger deaths per 1 billion passenger miles (2000-2009)media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down117
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minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·8 days agohours doesn’t come as close to the metric that you’d like though the purpose of travel is to get from point a to point b, so you want to measure the likelihood of death when travelling the comparable trips hours doesn’t really work because different modes of transport complete the trip in very different times. distance however is relatively similar
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoExcept that a short trip is less risk exposure than a long trip.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoA plane isn’t as versatile though. You can’t go everywhere on a plane, train, or (to a lesser extent) bus, but you can in a car, motorcycle, or if you’re committed, bicycle.
hours doesn’t come as close to the metric that you’d like though
the purpose of travel is to get from point a to point b, so you want to measure the likelihood of death when travelling the comparable trips
hours doesn’t really work because different modes of transport complete the trip in very different times. distance however is relatively similar
Except that a short trip is less risk exposure than a long trip.
A plane isn’t as versatile though. You can’t go everywhere on a plane, train, or (to a lesser extent) bus, but you can in a car, motorcycle, or if you’re committed, bicycle.