Friday, February 17, 2023

chance of dying

 A micromort is a unit of risk defined as a one-in-a-million chance of death.

According to this page, cycling 28 miles in a day incurs a risk of one micromort.

This page tells me that getting out of bed after age 45 incurs a risk of six micromorts. Going for a swim risks twelve; playing football (the American flavor, "handegg") risks 20.

You can keep your benighted high-viz-yellow cycling gear. Put that high-viz-yellow on your swim trunks and football jerseys. 

 



 

 


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