squizzler
Established Member
The opinion is often expressed on these forums (and amongst the rail advocacy scene) that there is a massive disconnect between the way that highway deaths are perceived and investigated and deaths that occur on the railways.
Perhaps there is a similar disconnect between deaths caused by covid and those from highway crashes:
Perhaps there is a similar disconnect between deaths caused by covid and those from highway crashes:
- According to DfT, between 1951 and 2006 a total of 309,144 people were killed and 17.6 million were injured in accidents on British roads.
- In 2019, toxic air leads to the premature deaths of at least 40,000 people a year in the UK – 9,000 in London – and it leaves hundreds of thousands more suffering serious long-term health problems. (Royal College of Physicians).
- If you break your Covid quarantine in England - thus endangering public safety - the fine is £1000. If you public lives in danger with your car through excess speed the speeding ticket is £60. Does this difference in fine represent the likelihood and amount of injury that could be caused by these different misdemeanours?
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