> American infrastructure in many ways has been designed to enable speeding cars. Yup, that's the big one. In the US people don't just run into pedestrians, th

> American infrastructure in many ways has been designed to enable speeding cars. Yup, that's the big one. In the US people don't just run into pedestrians, they also routinely crash into buildings. That's practically unheard of in Europe. A lot of roads in the US are designed for driver safety. This means making them really wide and getting rid of all obstacles. Drivers will drive at the speed they feel safe at. Because everything is designed like a highway, everyone is speeding all the time - without even meaning to. You can't just plonk down a speed limit sign and expect people to drive at that speed, you have to design the road for a specific speed. To give an example, the smallest legal US street is wider that a highway lane in The Netherlands. All the things like bigger cars and cellphone usage have an impact too, but when drivers are driving slowly and looking out the window because they feel unsafe it's way less of a problem. No wonder there's a ton of accidents in the US!