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minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down1·5 个月前Hours of travel time would likely be a good fit too.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·5 个月前hours doesn’t come as close to the metric that you’d like though the purpose of travel is to get from point a to point b, so you want to measure the likelihood of death when travelling the comparable trips hours doesn’t really work because different modes of transport complete the trip in very different times. distance however is relatively similar
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前Except that a short trip is less risk exposure than a long trip.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 个月前400km by train is so much less risky than 200km by rocket.
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前Apples and oranges. A 200km train ride is less risk exposure than a 400km train ride.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 个月前A plane isn’t as versatile though. You can’t go everywhere on a plane, train, or (to a lesser extent) bus, but you can in a car, motorcycle, or if you’re committed, bicycle.
Hours of travel time would likely be a good fit too.
hours doesn’t come as close to the metric that you’d like though
the purpose of travel is to get from point a to point b, so you want to measure the likelihood of death when travelling the comparable trips
hours doesn’t really work because different modes of transport complete the trip in very different times. distance however is relatively similar
Except that a short trip is less risk exposure than a long trip.
400km by train is so much less risky than 200km by rocket.
Apples and oranges.
A 200km train ride is less risk exposure than a 400km train ride.
A plane isn’t as versatile though. You can’t go everywhere on a plane, train, or (to a lesser extent) bus, but you can in a car, motorcycle, or if you’re committed, bicycle.