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High-speed train crash in Spain kills at least 64, injures 80 (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Zapados@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Traveling is just dangerous. You have to go fast, and physics exists.

That being said, if you want to compare to cars, you also have to account for other ratios that eventually all answer the question "would it be safer or more convenient to replace the vast majority of cars with trains?" which is a fascinating world to imagine.