The other day I enlightened you to the interesting fact that 95,000 people cross the equator more than 4 times a day. Since this time, I have tried to justify this astounding fact with some basic equations/assumptions to try and see if this is quite a reasonable statistic.
There are 10 notable countries that lie on the equator - Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, Ecuador, Columbia and Brazil- so the figure of 95,000 would not be out of the picture. However, the one factor I struggle to get my head around is the '4 times a day'. 4 times is quite a frequent occurrence to cross a given line in everyday life.
The Developed World
Imagine for arguments sake that Greenlane Rd was the equator - not many people would cross that line more than 4 times a day. The majority of people would cross the line maybe twice (going too and from work/school) but to hit 4 crossings would require an after work/school commitment such as sport, gym, visiting a girlfriend, or getting dinner. Occupations that would cause people to cross the line 4 times could include - taxi drivers, bus drivers, policeman, couriers, koreans (lol), delivery drivers and maybe homeless people (not so much of an occupation but do move round a lot).
The DevelopING World
Population density is obviously a lot lower in these areas so the majority of the 95,000 would come from the developed world. However, members of a village may be required to travel to the local well or go hunting in an area that sits on the equator. The village itself may also sit on the equator so people moving from hut to hut could be crossing over the line. Africans also love soccer so a few games of soccer could be going on on the equator with people running over it frequently.
Didn't really come to a conclusion with this but it is food for thought nonetheless
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