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I agree mostly with what you've said, however: > - Extremely narrow, dangerous roads. Roads are much safer in the UK than the US. [1] UK Road Fatalities Per
by adamjc 8y ago
I agree mostly with what you've said, however:
> - Extremely narrow, dangerous roads.
Roads are much safer in the UK than the US. [1]
UK Road Fatalities Per Year: 2.9 per 100,000
US Road Fatalities Per Year: 10.6 per 100,000
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
- ed_balls 8y agoThat's not a good statistic. It should take distance driven in to the account. US is a big place, so it would be better to compare yourself to someone similar that drives in a similar place in US and wears the seatbelt.
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- chrisseaton 8y ago> That's not a good statistic. It should take distance driven in to the account. Look at the per km column. It's still almost 2x higher in the US.
- oh_sigh 8y agoThat isn't a particularly useful stat. Americans may just drive a higher percentage of their drives on highways, where one is most likely to kill oneself in a car. And saying something is 'dangerous' doesn't imply that it is 'deadly'. You may be much more likely to be in a small accident on a narrow, back-country English road than in a wide, back-country US road.