Comment on American media is freaking about homicides on transit

shittydwarf@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Am I missing something, or was that the point of this post?

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  • Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The graph shows deaths. I’m sure there are quite a few more collisions that don’t end in death, but possibly severe and lasting disabilities. You don’t see a lot of subway cars colliding with other subway cars. I’m sure plenty of people run into buses though.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nope.

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    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I suppose, although bus collisions tend to have a pretty low fatality rate as well.

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      • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        No, he’s just saying deaths are big, but even bigger disparity is seen if you include non-fatal incidents.

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