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Death per road mile driven might be a more useful stat. I suspect Europe looks better than the US on this visualization due to lack of driving.
by cjensen 12y ago
Death per road mile driven might be a more useful stat. I suspect Europe looks better than the US on this visualization due to lack of driving.
- Someone1234 12y agoUsing that stat the US comes out even worse... Road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km USA: 7.6 Germany: 4.9 Netherlands: 4.9 Finland: 4.7 Sweden: 3.7 Denmark: 3.4 Ireland: 3.4 Norway: 3.3 UK: 2.8
- thrownaway2424 12y agoMakes no sense. The point is they've got a safe built environment and we don't.
- dodders 12y agoThe UK driving test is much more stringent than the NY state test (I can't comment on other states - I believe each state defines their own driving test). The NY test - 10 minutes in the car. I drove around the block; parallel parked, 3 point turn and back to the start. Done. UK test - an hour in the car; had to drive in urban, country and highway settings (a dual carriageway, not a motorway - learners are not allowed to drive on motorways in the UK); parallel park and answer a lot of questions while doing so. That's not to discount the fact that the UK has a lot of bad drivers - but the NY test was simply a joke.
- seanflyon 12y agoIf you are considering the safety of the roads themselves, then death/injuries per mile driven is the correct statistic. If you are considering the safety of the society as a whole then it makes sense to consider the obvious advantage of driving less.