What surprisingly is even less safe: Using stairs.
Statistics show e.g. using stairs to be about 3 times more deadly than traffic participation as a pedestrian in my country.
So it would actually make much more sense to print “Don’t drink and use stairs” on the bottle. :-)
Is that 3 times more deadly per mile traveled, or for a given amount of time spent using stairs, or just total, for every one person killed by a car (as a pedestrian), 3 are slain by stairs?
I guess our pedestrian infrastructure is probably better than in most other places.
But we also like to walk a lot, so this might shift statistics again…
These statistics are regularily presented at company safety courses to get us to actually use the provided handrails. :-)
What surprisingly is even less safe: Using stairs.
Statistics show e.g. using stairs to be about 3 times more deadly than traffic participation as a pedestrian in my country.
So it would actually make much more sense to print “Don’t drink and use stairs” on the bottle. :-)
Is that 3 times more deadly per mile traveled, or for a given amount of time spent using stairs, or just total, for every one person killed by a car (as a pedestrian), 3 are slain by stairs?
It’s the total numbers compared.
So if you would get numbers per time or travelled distance, this would probably be even worse (>>3 times more deadly).
Especially since the statistics are from Germany. We are enthusiastic public walkers.
Wow interesting. Do you live in a relatively safe country for pedestrians? I do not so it may be different here.
Germany.
I guess our pedestrian infrastructure is probably better than in most other places.
But we also like to walk a lot, so this might shift statistics again…
These statistics are regularily presented at company safety courses to get us to actually use the provided handrails. :-)