Conduire un Piège Mortel
Mesuré en Cigarettes
Tout le monde sait que fumer raccourcit la vie. Mais personne ne pense à son trajet quotidien de la même manière. We converted IIHS death rates into life-expectancy equivalents.
Chaque Choix Coûte du Temps
Conduire un véhicule dangereux au lieu du véhicule le plus sûr sur la route a un coût statistique sur l'espérance de vie.
Nissan Altima vs. Audi Q7
Cigarettes / An
≈ 1 cigarette every 2.5 days
Mirage G4 vs. Audi Q7
Cigarettes / An
≈ roughly 5 per week
The Mortality Chart
How many extra cigarettes per year you'd need to smoke to equal the baseline risk of driving that car.
Le Facteur Conducteur
The Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid are structurally identical cars. But their death rates differ drastically because of the demographics of the people driving them.
Gas Camry
Deaths per million
≈ 61 cigs/yr
VS
Hybrid Camry
Deaths per million
≈ 24 cigs/yr
Your behavior behind the wheel is the ultimate safety feature. But note: the "Big Altima Energy" effect (DR 113) shows how aggressive driver demographics can triple a car's apparent danger.
La Variable Ultime : Les Ceintures de Sécurité
231
Extra Cigarettes/Year
Not wearing a seatbelt is fundamentally the most dangerous choice you can make inside a vehicle.
Unbelted occupants account for 44% of fatalities despite being only 8% of the public. This adds the equivalent of 231 cigarettes of risk to your life expectancy per year.
Cherchez Votre Voiture
Calculation adjusts based on your remaining life expectancy.
Voir la Méthodologie de Calcul
Math: (Vehicle Death Rate - Baseline DR 0) / 1,000,000 = Annual Risk. Annual Risk × Remaining Life = Life Years Lost. Life Years Lost converted to minutes divided by 20 minutes/cigarette (per 2024 UCL Addiction Study) = Cigarettes per Year. Expected values only.