I am not sure the price of driving is a major factor. In Italy, when they introduced the point system instead of just fines for traffic violations, the number o

I am not sure the price of driving is a major factor. In Italy, when they introduced the point system instead of just fines for traffic violations, the number of fatalities fell dramatically overnight. I do think it is interesting that many countries with lower fatalities are not known for driving slow. A major part of driving safety is simply attention. I can only guess, but it seems like responsibility (points), training/culture of attentiveness, and quality, well planned roads can work together to provide better results than the sum of their parts. The US has the first, has abdicated the second to a culture of inattentive slow and "safe" (I personally hypothesize this stems from the use of automatics), and its roads are not at the same level of repair as many countries with better results on the list.