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Jason (@jasonc_nc) (2026-08-06) says road deaths should be compared as deaths per…

2026-08-06 · 16:42 UTC ·@jasonc_nc ·1 min read

Brief

Jason (@jasonc_nc) argues road deaths are directly comparable using deaths per billion vehicle miles and that meeting peer-country averages would prevent over 19,000 U.S. deaths annually (about five times the number of fire deaths). He says known countermeasures exist but are resisted by many who claim to represent public safety—notably firefighters who largely ignored his broader life-safety thread and defended existing apparatus.

Why it matters

Jason (@jasonc_nc) (2026-08-06) says road deaths should be compared as deaths per billion vehicle miles; if the U.S. matched the average of the other countries he listed, it would save >19,000 lives per year.

Key details

  • He claims those road deaths are largely preventable ('we know exactly what works'), yet public-safety advocates—especially many firefighters—responded defensively to his viral fire-truck thread, largely refusing to engage and insisting on keeping large trucks.
Source evidence

“You can’t compare road deaths in the U.S. to others because we drive more!”

No, you can. It’s just deaths per billion vehicle miles. If we met the avg of the other countries listed below you would save >19,000 lives per year. 5x that of all fire deaths.

And unlike fire deaths many of these are preventable - we know exactly what works. Yet those who claim to speak for public safety are often the largest opponents.

Jason, (@jasonc_nc)

An ugly, disappointing part of my viral fire truck post:

I got a LOT of responses from firefighters. To each I included the below thread on (much) larger life safety considerations.

Almost none even acknowledged it & it seemed clear they didn’t bother to read it, think about it.

No matter where the conversation went, the outcome was “we need the big trucks we have, we cannot change anything, I don’t care.”

— https://nitter.net/jasonc_nc/status/1868670422402715956#m