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RE: the US/UK difference in fatality rates -- Demographics is everything: young people cause the most crashes and not nearly as many young people in Europe can
by roc 17y ago
RE: the US/UK difference in fatality rates --
Demographics is everything: young people cause the most crashes and not nearly as many young people in Europe can afford to own and drive cars. Control for age and fatalities per million vehicle miles balance out in the other age brackets.
The only real 'solution' to distracted driving is to start building an America where we don't have to drive everywhere. Get people out from behind the wheel. Cars are inherently dangerous and Americans are forced to use them far, far too often.
- ableal 17y agoGet people out from behind the wheel. You'll probably get this. In another couple of decades, it may be illegal to drive manually on public roads ...
- stcredzero 17y agoTougher enforcement would work. There's an inherent record of the crime, after all. A few teens would be caught texting while driving after car crashes. Make a few into examples, and you'll curtail this. Especially if there are some cool alternatives. (A voice command texting app for the iPhone? Say one that sends a ETA? Perhaps answers yes, no, or tldr;)