discovery ch more trains

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1

discovery ch more trains
its ch 36 here
there showing mega trucks now
but the show sead every 90 min a train has an accident

ouch

2

I’ve seen that show . Too bad it does not spend more time on trains .

Joe

3

oh joe good call
that was short
every 90 seconds not min
my bad

K

4

As a statistician, things like this raise my level of suspicion into low earth orbit.

  1. Define ‘accident.’

  2. What are the limits of the sample? U.S. only? Worldwide?

  3. Where did the statistic come from, and what sources did the formulator cite? Remember, this came from a documentary that is obviously biased toward trucks.

3A. What is the comparable statistic for trucks, and why wasn’t it mentioned?

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I’m sure that they define an accident as a derailment, person running across the tracks, chicken tripping as it runs away from thje train, etc…
And thanks for telling us that, I’m sure that I’ll frequent dicovery from now on! (Ch 35 here)