Last month we discussed the horrific train wreck in Pennsylvania. We wondered whether we should avoid train travel in the future. I ventured that trains are the safest mode of transportation while Aloma thought that commercial air travel was the safest.
We were both right. I goggled transportation safety and got the following results:
Deaths per billion Miles
Trains .2
Buses .5
Airplanes .5
Cars 4.0
Space Shuttle 7.0
Ferries 20.0
Bicycles 35.0
Walking 41.0
Motorcycles 125.0
One article I read had airplanes safer than trains. I assume the numbers were international as I can’t remember any deaths from ferries in the US.
I now have a dilemna. I can’t catch a train or airplane to Harris Teeter. The space shuttle isn’t available and walking is too dangerous, so I’ll have to drive. Maybe when global warming is in full swing and the coast line is closer, I can take a ferry.
Seasoned Man
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