> 0.1% chance of dying instead of 0.05% Even with your own arbitrary numbers, you're casually talking about a 2x increase in the number of fatal accidents, whi

> 0.1% chance of dying instead of 0.05% Even with your own arbitrary numbers, you're casually talking about a 2x increase in the number of fatal accidents, which is not a small number to begin with in any country with significant car ownership. Also, the real statistics indicate the difference is more like 5-10x that of Germany, per capita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-re...