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Texting and Driving Fatalities in 1960 (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Really not a fair comparison - data clearly needs to be normalized per capita. NY had ~58x the population of NV in 1960.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're absolutely right. Just fixed it.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you though? Looks like the legend is still using absolute numbers.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

Naw op definitely changed, now it's clearly fatalities per 1000 residents. Thanks OP.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When I was learning to drive the example of dangerous driving was a person dropped their cassette tape and was feeling around for it on the floor then veered head on into a truck and died.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Same. I specifically remember "messing with the radio"

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was an insurance ad on TV in the 90s or early 2000s where an empty cat is revealed to have a driver who was searching for a tape or CD when he pops up: found it!

[–] TheLordlessBard@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

I don't know what I expected

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

But what about reading newspapers and driving??

[–] j4k3@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also pager related fatalities in 2023.

[–] nul@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Sounds like a challenge.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

meh its content i guess

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Now do 2060.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe we'll all have self-driving cars and better public transit by then, so it'll be zero!

[–] esc27@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Or we will all have AI chat bots texting for us.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why did I click on the image?

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Because you were driving?

[–] yildolw@lemmy.world -4 points 7 months ago

This does not belong in this community. Please delete and ban this crap