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The 60% drop since 1972 looks pretty good to me.
by harryh 11y ago
The 60% drop since 1972 looks pretty good to me.
- shkkmo 11y agoIt looks less good when you compare our numbers vs. those of other countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... We have higher traffic related death rates per capita than any other 'first world' country, including coutries with similar geograhpy such as Canada and Australia. We have higher traffic related death rates per distance than any other 'first world' country (other than New Zealand, but still including Canada and Australia)
- harryh 11y agoInteresting! I wonder why that is? I don't have a good hypothesis.
- shkkmo 11y agoI don't know. If I were to guess, I would blame some combination of the large number of urban areas in the US that are pedestrian-unfriendly and the US's relatively lax punishment of DUIs. In Canada for example, a DUI is a felony. As a non canadian citizen, you will be bared from entering Canada for 5-10 years after receiving a DUI anywhere.