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The US car fatalities per mile is double than the UK. It would at least be useful to ask why that might be. That's 40,000 people a year who have their lives cut
by Peanuts99 2y ago
The US car fatalities per mile is double than the UK. It would at least be useful to ask why that might be. That's 40,000 people a year who have their lives cut short.
- Qwertious 2y agoIt's street design. If you prioritize car throughput at any cost, even safety, then your streets will be less safe.
- timewizard 2y agoThe UK is far more serious about impaired and drunk driving than the US is. The majority of those people who had their lives cut short cut it short themselves and didn't take anyone with them. Likewise, that 40k includes 6k pedestrians and 6k motorcyclists. You can't just take the 40,000 figure and do _anything_ with it because there are so many peculiar modes of accidents which /dominate/ that data set.