Interesting. Perhaps the reason they use deaths per mile prevalent is to normalize the data? I could see one problem with a deaths per hour metric being that travel by bus or car would take roughly 7 times as long to get to a given destination. I dunno, I suppose it's more nuanced so thanks for the info. Personally I wish there were more rail lines in North America.
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Deaths per mile is the metric to use if you have to travel a certain number of miles per year
But if you have a certain amount of vacation time each year, deaths per hour might be more relevant
Glad you agree we need more rail lines 🚆📈 thank you friend