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> Cars bring a lot of benefits like autonomy and decentralization, how do we keep that but kill fewer people? 'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where
by Mawr 10mo ago
> Cars bring a lot of benefits like autonomy and decentralization, how do we keep that but kill fewer people?
'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
This is a solved problem: look at the current state-of-the-art road design documents from the Netherlands. Apply. Problem solved.
- MichaelNolan 10mo agoPer 1 billion vehicle-km the US has 6.9 deaths and the Netherlands has 4.7 deaths. That’s obviously better much but I wouldn’t call it “problem solved”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... (Wikipedia links to itf-oecd.org/ where those numbers come From)
- rixed 10mo agoMy guess is better road design means less miles driven by cars (as opposed to other, safer vehicles) and therefore fewer accidents overall, even if car crash statistics remain the same.