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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those numbers are pretty irrelevant unless you're able to provide a comparable percentage. For example, 129 car driver deaths per 1million road hours compared to 8 escooter deaths per 10,000 hours. Sure, the number of deaths might be lower, but risk higher.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Agreed, absolute numbers are not a useful comparison