There’s a common perception in the U.S. that taking public transit is dangerous. It's actually safer than driving.

Fuswoo@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 day ago

There’s a common perception in the U.S. that taking public transit is dangerous. It's actually safer than driving.

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · edit-2 6 hours ago

It’s a very common thing. People are programmed to think it here. I heard someone mention a bus and 3 other people immediately piped up to agree they would never ride a bus because they would get stabbed/its far to dangerous. Fox news did it intentionally.

There’s a common perception in the U.S. that taking public transit is dangerous. It's actually safer than driving.

There’s a common perception in the U.S. that taking public transit is dangerous. It's actually safer than driving.

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