There are also far fewer of them per passenger, so fewer chances for one to come by. They are also operated by professionals who can call in sick if their ability to operate the vehicle is impaired.
A bus could be ten times deadlier in a crash than a car and it would still be safer if it carries fifteen passengers. It could be a thousand times deadlier if operated by a drunk person and still be safer than cars because drunk people don’t operate the vehicle when getting home by bus.
Consider what happens when a train passes through a place where pedestrians cross vs. what happens when cars do the same.
How often do trains pass through places they’re not allowed to at times they’re not allowed to? How often do cars? (Red lights, stop signs, yield signs…)
How often do trains veer off course of the line they’re moving in (aka. change lanes)? How often do cars do it?
Train and light rail only capable of moving on track, while car can be driven everywhere, even on pedestrian path. How is train and light rail as predictable as car
Those tend to be more predictable than cars in terms of where they’ll be
There are also far fewer of them per passenger, so fewer chances for one to come by. They are also operated by professionals who can call in sick if their ability to operate the vehicle is impaired.
A bus could be ten times deadlier in a crash than a car and it would still be safer if it carries fifteen passengers. It could be a thousand times deadlier if operated by a drunk person and still be safer than cars because drunk people don’t operate the vehicle when getting home by bus.
Roads. Cars and busses will be on roads.
Tracks. Trains and light rail will be on tracks.
I’d say both are pretty predictable.
Consider what happens when a train passes through a place where pedestrians cross vs. what happens when cars do the same.
How often do trains pass through places they’re not allowed to at times they’re not allowed to? How often do cars? (Red lights, stop signs, yield signs…)
How often do trains veer off course of the line they’re moving in (aka. change lanes)? How often do cars do it?
I have definitely heard of children being killed by a car while waiting for a bus in a bus shelter several metres away from the road
I have read about cars smashing through walls of houses
I have read about a car used to kill the children of the driver in a lake well away from the road
Cars are not guaranteed to be on roads when they are killing people
Cool how you left out trains.
Train and light rail only capable of moving on track, while car can be driven everywhere, even on pedestrian path. How is train and light rail as predictable as car