• tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    291·
    2 days ago

    Fatalities per capita is probably less interesting than fatalities per unit of distance driven.

    • Not a replicant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      There are states in Australia that can swallow Texas whole. Long distance driving is unavoidable, so it’s less useful as a metric because it can’t be changed easily. It would mean improving public transport, subsidising domestic flights, etc - and we all know how likely that is.

      • digredior@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        I mean, you guys have 6 states covering a landmass roughly 75% the size of the US…

        Get more states 😜

      • digredior@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        11·
        3 hours ago

        I mean, you guys have 6 states covering a landmass roughly 75% the size of the US…

        Get more states 😜