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If only there was some other way for people to get around the city that had much lower risk of accidents that the government could invest in instead of roads...
Private helicopters?
Not sure those have a lower risk of accidents 😅
helicopters are 12x more deadly than to cars (per hour)
Although you would probably get where you're going 12x faster, so maybe about even 😅
Perfect! Let's hope someone campaigns on allowing people to drive helicopters on a standard driver licence, which should help the economy!
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But there’s a problem with this logic. It counts time saved from higher speeds as pure economic gain, while ignoring the time lost when those higher speeds increase crash frequency and severity.
Do they though? Some of the safest roads in the country are our motorways and expressways, which are also the fastest.