While not in any way wishing to play down the tragedy of the 16 people who lost their lives when the helicopter taking them to work on oil rigs off Aberdeen crashed in to the sea, it is salutary, at least for those of us not directly affected, to consider a report which appeared in yesterday’s Times
Last year an average of 17 people died each weekday on Mumbai’s suburban rail network
Commuters consider that the risk is worth taking – a journey which takes 45 minutes by train can, because of congestion, take more than 2 hours by car
