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I would imagine that drunk walking has less of a chance of killing others though. This doesn't even have to be by-standers. For example, with 4 drunk teenagers in a car, it just takes 1 drunk teen to kill 4. On the other hand, if you have 4 drunk walking teens, that kind of outcome is far less likely.


The chance that they all die is lower, but they chance that at least one of them dies is far far higher.


Are we comparing same levels of drunken-ness here? What about the difference between 4 drunk teens each walking alone vs. 4 drunk teens walking in a group (where it's possible to look out for one another)?


The mentioned article provides some figures:

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/12/28/the-perils-of-drunk-w...




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