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Article #7395Re: Subjective Safety Measure(Re: man-rating)
From: Robert Turner
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 14:59
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 14:59
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In article <1993Jan7.204434.16621@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes: >In article <1993Jan7.181829.13714@cs.ucf.edu> clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke) writes: >>The rating of transportation system safety by fatalities per >>passenger mile always struck me as bogus. Subjectively, what >>matters is the probability of exit. That is if I climb in and >>close the door, what are my chances of opening the door and >>climbing out. By this measure the STS is only about 1 in 50, Isn't the elevator considered the safest mode of transportation meeting both the "if I get in, I get out" and "deaths per passenger mile". Robert -- Robert Turner (602) 897-5441 Semiconductor Systems Design Technology, Motorola turner@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com OR ...!uunet!dover!turner GOD is real, unless declared integer. --J. Allan Toogood
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Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.aeronautics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spsgate!mogate!newsgate!ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com!turner From: turner@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com (Robert Turner) Subject: Re: Subjective Safety Measure(Re: man-rating) Message-ID: <1993Jan8.145918.3604@newsgate.sps.mot.com> Sender: usenet@newsgate.sps.mot.com Nntp-Posting-Host: 223.209.10.8 Organization: Semiconductor Systems Design Technology, Motorola, Tempe AZ References: <1993Jan7.152456.25477@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1993Jan7.181829.13714@cs.ucf.edu> <1993Jan7.204434.16621@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:59:18 GMT Lines: 16