the_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1493arrow-down1external-linkYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comthe_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareebits21linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoSure but a lot of those are things like whiplash etc.
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWiplash can leave you paralyzed or suffer a lifetime of neurological impairment, though. But in addition to whiplash injuries, you’re looking at broken bones, brain and spine damage, loss of limbs, facial disfigurement, burns, etc. It doesn’t go from minor injury to death when it comes to car crashes. There’s an entire spectrum of injuries in the middle.
minus-squareebits21linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSure. My point was about injuries outside vs inside the car.
Sure but a lot of those are things like whiplash etc.
Wiplash can leave you paralyzed or suffer a lifetime of neurological impairment, though.
But in addition to whiplash injuries, you’re looking at broken bones, brain and spine damage, loss of limbs, facial disfigurement, burns, etc.
It doesn’t go from minor injury to death when it comes to car crashes. There’s an entire spectrum of injuries in the middle.
Sure. My point was about injuries outside vs inside the car.