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Make life require cars: more fatalities. Seems pretty evident. Arguably the conditions are better for personal electric vehicles and bicycles in Florida (than
by dijit 2y ago
Make life require cars: more fatalities.
Seems pretty evident.
Arguably the conditions are better for personal electric vehicles and bicycles in Florida (than the comparatively frigid and rainy conditions of Sweden).
Even the topography is flat[0][1], it's literally the perfect place for cycling, but the US has chosen something else.
So, yes, if things are different they are different: comparable populations, a better climate and an equally flat topography and somehow 7x the amount of deaths; and the only difference is the approach to infrastructure by the county.
[0]: https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-c3fdcz/Orange-County/?center=28.36482%2C-81.31119 https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-c3fdcz/Orange-County/?...
[1]: https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-5749m/Malmö/ https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-5749m/Malmö/
- fragmede 2y agoFlorida may not get as cold as Sweden, but it's certainly not hurting for rain. https://247wallst.com/special-report/2024/02/02/discover-the-10-wettest-states-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=Ironically%2C%20the%20Sunshine%20State%20is,rainiest%20state%20in%20the%20nation.&text=Florida%20experiences%20more%20thunderstorms%20each%20year%20than%20any%20other%20state%20in%20the%20U.S. https://247wallst.com/special-report/2024/02/02/discover-the...
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoIt also has the opposite problem in terms of temperature. There are days when the wet bulb temperature in Florida requires humans to be in an air conditioned environment because they would otherwise literally die from the heat.