Do duck boats have higher per-mile accident rates than buses or regular boats? Or does it just make the news more when there’s an accident because they are odd vehicles? I’ve been on one duck ride. I don’t think the design has been updated since WW2.
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They were dangerous when they were designed in WW2, and they’re still dangerous. Absurd that people operate them.
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The ones in the uk are pretty old and prone to sinking dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2 google.com/amp/s/amp.theg
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I don't know, but if that article is any indication, the problem is at the "anecdote" level rather than the "statistic" one. If I had to guess, I'd suspect lower than typical rates, but also so small a sample size that any study of it would be suspect.
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