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Passenger deaths per 1 billion passenger miles (2000-2009) (media.piefed.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world
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[–] 0 points 11 months ago (11 children)

There's a reason lane-splitting is illegal in many jurisdictions. It's still a tragic loss, but your friend made the active decision to operate a vehicle that was already more dangerous in an even more dangerous way.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    No doubt it was reckless and close to suicide

    Only the young are immortal

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Until we're not.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Wondering what our dreams might be worth Learning that we're only immortal For a limited time

    Neil Peart, yet another RIP what is this with data visualization emotions and death

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt0MUB93Ms

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Also, I gotta say: there are few usernames that, if one stumbled into a room where it was being chanted by a circle of schoolchildren, would be a good sign of cult activity in the area. Yours is one of them —to the tune of Duck, Duck, Goose, of course.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    There's a reason that drugs are illegal in many jurisdictions. It's still a tragic loss, but those junkies made the active decision to operate a needle that is already dangerous in an even more dangerous way.

    Dude, take a step back and look at data, not the crappy chain of thought you call logic. Accidents involving injuries go down when lane splitting is made legal.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, my bad. I wasn't aware that lane splitting was addictive, a symptom of depression, and a vector for the exploitation of vulnerable people.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Exactly right. Lane splitting, when legalized and regulated, is safer, more efficient, and frowned at by the general populace because they refuse to listen to the experts on it. Sounds a lot like our regulations on 'illegal substances,' doesn't it?

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    “…lane splitting is made legal.”

    Your vehicle doesn’t make you special; follow the same rules as everyone else on the road.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    follow the same rules as everyone else on the road

    Yaaaaaawn. I suppose bicycles should have seat belts then, aye? California, montana, utah, and other places have made lane splitting legal. They are following the same rules.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    I suppose bicycles should have seat belts then, aye?

    Bicyclists are almost as bad as not following traffic laws; I watched a motorized one run a red light yesterday. When I hit that asshole, it’s my fault even though they ran the red.

    California, montana, utah, and other places have made lane splitting legal.

    Glad I don’t live there.

    This is why AMAB (All Motorcyclists Are Bastards)

    https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/xa40c0/the_only_smart_one_in_the_group

    https://old.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/zukndn/to_speed

    https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/10in97i/idiot_on_a_bike_splitting_lanes_at_well_over

    https://old.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/10lc59r/to_lane_split

    https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/1160bdm/bikers_close_the_highway_and_stop_traffic_flow_in

    https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/11rglp1/really_tho_why_did_she_stop

    https://old.reddit.com/r/trashy/comments/12zzffh/asshats_ruining_morning_commute

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