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To expand on that: The second table on wazoox's link give the number of fatalities scaled to the population (in death per million) for European countries. It d
by Wilya 14y ago
To expand on that:
The second table on wazoox's link give the number of fatalities scaled to the population (in death per million) for European countries. It doesn't include the USA for some reason, but you can estimate it from Retric's info.
- 1990: 186.3
- 2005: 147.2
So, improvement there has been.
- wazoox 14y agoIt still is much worse than most of Europe except Greece which just qualified in the last decade as a developed country for road infrastructure. From my personal experience, the average American driver seems to have a frighteningly low driving ability coupled with a surprising self-confidence; and I've seen more road rage in 6 weeks in the US than in 40 years in Europe (apparently tendency to reckless driving is proportional to distance from the Ocean, too; Californians seem reasonable enough). There are probably lots of progress to be made in teaching and punishing there.