On 7 Jan 2004 15:55:06 -0800, jim rozen brought forth from the murky depths:
0.008% sir. Pretty low.
.02%, sir. Roughly 40 times higher, Jim. But the postulate was different, comparing mortality rate between vehicles in auto wrecks.
Man, that's a twist. Where'd the 99%/1% figure come from, the "Book of Thin Air Stats"?
No, your chance of dying in a train/car wreck is 40 times higher than dying in a car/car wreck, though you are more likely to be in a car than a train on any given day.
Actually, the percentage is lower than first expected. I guess they include those folks who drive directly into the _side_ of trains and survive the little thump of being thrown a city block away.
Hmm, don't "percent" and "times" mean different things to you? Comparing apples to oranges to tomatoes comes easily to y'all, don't she, Jim?
I do see what you mean but it wasn't what we were talking about.
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