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> Why not citizens from other European countries who as have relatively many road fatalities per capita? When it comes to pedestrian safety, the only EU countr
by Tomis02 9y ago
> Why not citizens from other European countries who as have relatively many road fatalities per capita?
When it comes to pedestrian safety, the only EU country with a record that can match Romania's is Latvia, but it has a population that's 10 times smaller.
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Road_accident_fatalities_-_statistics_by_type_of_vehicle#Pedestrians_particularly_at_risk_in_Baltic_countries_and_in_Romania http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...
> I am usually most worried about Americans since many have little experience with roundabouts and they are used to turning right on red
Except the crossing in the article has nothing to do with roundabouts and turning, just stopping to give way to pedestrians, which is something Romanian drivers are very bad at. I'm speaking from experience.
- falsedan 9y ago> When it comes to pedestrian safety, the only EU country with a record that can match Romania's is Latvia The roads in Latvia are OK, but they have (signal-controlled) pedestrian crossings on 60 mph highways… and uncontrolled ones on 40-50 mph.