[ExI] mass transit again

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2011/1/8 spike <spike66 at att.net>:
> This is an example of what I mentioned a few days ago about being a way
> bigger threat to society than is global warming, this bigger threat is feral
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> http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/07/station.videotaped.incident/index.html?hpt=T2
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> Last week it was this:
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> http://www.bradenton.com/2010/12/27/2837235/manatee-sheriff-couple-attacked.html
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> It is a reason why I think most public transit notions are a dead end.
> Individual cars serve as suits of armor, providing a defensive barrier.  The
> challenge is to invent a form of public transit which somehow protects the
> unarmed prole from other proles.  If we build the infrastructure correctly,
> the ferals will devour each other, and the rest of us can go about our
> business.

In most places you are far more likely to die from a car accident than
from being assaulted, and you are up to ten times more likely to die
using a car than using public transport (but even more likely to die
if you walk, cycle or use a motorbike). Car accidents are the leading
cause of death and permanent disability in younger people, with
disease taking over as you get older. In fact, ending dead or crippled
from a car accident is so common that it is often not reported, while
ending up dead or crippled as a result of an attack by a stranger is
news. The result is that people fear assault but are almost
indifferent to the far greater risk from traffic accidents.

http://www.etsc.eu/oldsite/statoverv.pdf


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Stathis Papaioannou