Trains Are Safer Than Cars--Unless a Truck Falls On You
 

http://images.thecarconnection.com/t...00329237_t.gif It's widely established that riding on a train is safer, statistically, than driving a car. In fact, in the U.S., it's a remarkable 24 times safer, measured in fatalities per 100 million miles traveled. Unless, of course, a truck happens to fall onto the train car you're riding in. Which is exactly what happened today outside Oxshott, Surrey...

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