My reaction after reading the intro to the "highway driving" section of my local Driver Handbook - eviltoast
  • galerkin@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    “Safer than ever” is a hilarious claim given that cars have a much higher death rate than any form of public transportation:

    Chart comparing deaths per 100,000,000 passenger miles for cars, trains, buses, and planes

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
        0·
        3 months ago

        I’m certain a large portion of the city would have to be demolished to build a high speed rail here.

        • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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          3 months ago

          We do that for cars all the time. Wouldn’t it be a better solution to build something that ACTUALLY fixes traffic instead of adding another 2 lanes to the 15 lane highway? Induced demand is real