jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoTwo-year-old becomes sixth child to die in a hot car so far this yearwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down19
arrow-up1356arrow-down1external-linkTwo-year-old becomes sixth child to die in a hot car so far this yearwww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months ago3rd largest population in the world I’m curious how you came about this statistic?
minus-squarecorus_kt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI went to check and US is 2nd in total car population, 8th in cars per capita (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_motor_vehicles_per_capita) with China likely exceeding US around 2020 (statista source estimate not linked because they put up a paywall after I viewed it once) Still way too many dead children tbh
3rd largest population in the world
I’m curious how you came about this statistic?
I went to check and US is 2nd in total car population, 8th in cars per capita (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_motor_vehicles_per_capita) with China likely exceeding US around 2020 (statista source estimate not linked because they put up a paywall after I viewed it once)
Still way too many dead children tbh
Uncle Sam gave it to us.