If you are risk averse, avoid driving on Saturdays in August According to a recent article Forbes , these are the most dangerous times to drive. The article is accompanied by a short slide show filled with accident statistics and interesting death
But as Mark Twain liked to say: "There are three kinds of lies :. Lies, damned lies and statistics. " In reader comments about the article, many people point out that it is not the number of deaths that is important, but the relative risk. If numbers alone were important, while motorcycles are the safest means of transport from the large number of deaths is small compared to the automobile. As the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety notes ". The risk is characterized by the poor results for a given level of exposure" To determine the risk, it would be important to determine the mortality rate relative to the number of cars on the road . at one time or in relation to the number of miles driven
That said, the Forbes article highlights an important issue and noted an indisputable fact and sobering: the accidents of automobiles kill more than 40,000 people each year, or about 110 per day, far too many by any criteria could take care to use. And most accidents and injuries are attributable to human error: distractions, speeding, driving while intoxicated, failure to use a seat belt, driving too fast for the weather conditions, and failure to keep a stopping distance of other vehicles. John Tesh has collected some interesting data points on the risks of conduct for the analysis of traffic statistics:
- Cautious of 82, a woman is more likely to die in a car accident 16 years old boy taking risks. Why? Because 82 years is more fragile
- The second group most likely to die in a car accident, after the old ladies, young male drivers aged 16 and 23. Their mortality rate 4 times higher than average
- Drivers in New England are the safest. They get in accidents lowest of all regions
- The safest passenger in the car? A baby or toddler secured in a car seat during the morning traffic rush hour
- The safest vehicle is a school bus
- The most dangerous vehicle is a motorcycle
- the safest driving day is Wednesday. There are accidents and deaths
- Saturday are the deadliest days on the road
- The safest months to drive less: February
- The most months murderer: October
- and drivers with the lowest risk of death were older adults between 40 and 50
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