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Comment by pfdietz

21 days ago

https://international-railway-safety-council.com/safety-stat...

In Europe, trains are 28 times safer than cars (fatalities per passenger-km).

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anthk  21 days ago

I was born in the mid-late 80's, and I remember the 90's being an era where everyone knew in the remotest tiny village about youngsters dying in-road (usually because of being drunk). Dark ages.

You would find car related fatalities for granted every Summer in the news.

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