CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agoWhy Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlandswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down14
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkWhy Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlandswww.youtube.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down12·21 hours agoI’ve lived my entire life here, and I have never in my life seen a car crash into a building, or the aftermath of a car crashing into a building. For over 30 of those years, I’ve lived in two of the 10 largest cities.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoThere were 600+ mass shootings in the US in 2023, almost 2 a day. The fact that most people don’t see it happening or the immediate aftermath doesn’t change the fact that they do happen.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 hours agoI’ve never witnessed neither a car crash nor a gunshot here in Sweden, yet I know they happen at non-zero rates in my country. The point being, anecdotal experience has no bearing on the actual frequency of events.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoCar crashed into the supermarket I worked at in high school. Low speed, low damage.
I’ve lived my entire life here, and I have never in my life seen a car crash into a building, or the aftermath of a car crashing into a building.
For over 30 of those years, I’ve lived in two of the 10 largest cities.
There were 600+ mass shootings in the US in 2023, almost 2 a day. The fact that most people don’t see it happening or the immediate aftermath doesn’t change the fact that they do happen.
I’ve never witnessed neither a car crash nor a gunshot here in Sweden, yet I know they happen at non-zero rates in my country.
The point being, anecdotal experience has no bearing on the actual frequency of events.
Car crashed into the supermarket I worked at in high school. Low speed, low damage.
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