Legend2TL

The hidden inequality of who dies in car crashes - The Washington Post

makes sense

chill_dog

Just like poor people tend to eat less healthily because chips and soda are cheaper than fruits and vegetables. Next up: more wealth redistribution so the po' folks can get new Mercs in the name of safety.

ttribe

Good grief...can some mod please move this to R&P?

1killercls

brilliant!

NSXNEXT

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You are all doomed.

Chief F1 Fan

It can stay here where OP put it

ucf_bronco

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Not to mention they are less likely to get the numbers of several different women, ranging from a 6 to an 8.5.

Legend2TL

While it may seem obvious in general, I was surprised by the ~5/1 ratio of less than high school to college grad for motor vehicle death rate. I suspect most people would not have though it was that high.


, thought it was an interesting motor statistics.

Legend2TL

But there's always that outlier Tommy Lee

Maltlx

Take a look at any beat up car sitting in a parking lot and you'll see they are probably driving on Bologna skins. When it takes an extra distance to stop or if the tire rolls over like a stretch armstrong in a corner, chances are your accidents are going to be more severe.

Not to mention when they do buy tires, they go to the local "discount tires" shop and buy the 4 tire mounted and balanced special(i.e. used) for $100.00. I had an Isuzu SUV with Goodyear integrity tires on it that were so bad, that dew made them behave as if you were on sheet ice. I replaced them at 8k miles. I'll bet the tire shop sold them to some other sucker.

YeuEmMaiMai

that article makes no sense, there are so many factors in accidents while driving i.e. cell phone use, not knowing how to properly drive, being distracted. I hear more and more stories where some person was updating their status or texting and would up road kill.

Chief F1 Fan

I think the article makes perfect sense but it ignores the possibility of what would happen if a poor person were to drive a Merc and how much that person's survivability would increase. Then again, as a Stats prof said to me in undergrad, "stats can be made to say anything."

nist7

Agreed. Btw, wealth redistribution has been happening most definitely...since the late 70s it has gone mostly to the top and not getting poor folks new Mercs.

It's only part of the story.

As in all sociological studies/observational studies...you can have some associations but hard to count for true causation and you should also look at more variables as well as you suggested.

But this certainly gives some insight into some differences there and they can further study and put in variables to see what else may be causing the fatality difference.

Well, I wouldn't say it ignores it....they may be just using this as a starting point and they may be looking at other factors in the upcoming/future studies.

While some scientists like to cherry pick and fudge data, it's still useful to look at some possible associations between income/education and traffic fatality...which is ceratinly a novel and interesting idea.

But sure there can be further studies for other researchers to build upon this...and look at other psosible confounding factors, as you suggested, to see if other things are truly driving the difference between fatalities.

It makes sense to me thogh. I remember hearing in the local news about a single mom and her 3 kids who had her car break down in middle of a highway and a tractor trailer ran into them and killed all 4. It's likely she was poor and the car was not in proper maintained shape and broke down.

Majofo

Not enough factors considered to say it's just the car they're driving

carz0159

Of course rich people get better cars that are safer and have more features. It's common sense.

That being said, maybe the rich people that went to college were taught not to use their phones while driving, or they have bluetooth to make it safe...

As previously stated, it's a BS article with too many factors. I thought that the BSing articles and essays stopped with college though, I guess not!