[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos You missed the point entirely...... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] (#81) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Mike Lynch) on Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:39:04 In Reply to: I disagree..., CY, Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:37:56 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

You've got a couple of paradigms which you stated in bold, "driving is dangerous" and "statistics mean absolutely nothing", and you say you are an engineer? Hmmmm....no stat class ever? I would think that an engineer would rely on statistics and data to do your job.

"Very dangerous" is very relative. There's a certain element of danger to every activity and statistics can and do measure that. Walking is indeed dangerous. Tripping, traffic, weather and other hazards will find a complete unprotected person. I like to point out that motorcycling is a managed risk and that a smart motorcyclist protects himself completely from head to foot, unlike Lifespan is entirely different measurement/statistic/data than the risk of walking.

Everyone might agree that walking is safer than driving and driving is safer than flying, seems irrefutable, but if you're going cross country, measuring risk by the mile, than flying is the safest followed by driving with walking the most risky. They say you're more likely to be killed on the way to the airport than by a plane crash.

I would assume you're a Saab guy so how do we know a Saab is safer than a Toyota? Those darn statistics again.

• Risk Professor on Toyota recall, FauxRealism, Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:26:45
  • Re: Risk Professor on Toyota recall, swede-murphy , Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:54:08
    • I disagree..., CY, Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:37:56
      • There's lies, damn lies, and statistics!-Mark Twain, EricG, Tue, 6 Apr 2010 21:31:42
      • You missed the point entirely......, Mike Lynch , Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:39:04 <-- Viewing This Message
        • Ouch!, CY, Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:42:39
        • abuse of statistics..., James, Tue, 6 Apr 2010 03:46:04
          • Walkin' vs drivin'....hemmin' and hawin'..., Mike Lynch , Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:51:59
      • yeah, the walking statistic is ridiculous because..., James, Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:32:32
      • I disagree too, nwas, Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:01:07
        • Honestly, I just did and for a second was startled, bender , Mon, 5 Apr 2010 23:05:24
          • Re: Honestly, I just did and for a second was startled, nwas, Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:42:30
            • Re: Honestly, I just did and for a second was startled, bender , Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:37:21
              • Re: Honestly, I just did and for a second was startled, TML , Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:39:42
                • Always learning something new. I didn't know this, bender , Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:24:32
                  • You hit on one of the root causes of the Toyota problem, Bill Homer , Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:47:30
          • I just did "watch the video you mentioned" nwas, bender , Mon, 5 Apr 2010 23:05:57

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