Americans drive a lot more than people in other rich countries.

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[amgine@mamot.fr]

@davidzipper

Thank you for the article!

I have always assumed the use of accidents per X miles was a deliberate attempt to understate the deadliness of driving.

[etp@indieweb.social]

@davidzipper Isn't there also a measurement like per passenger mile (km) which people use to show how safe planes and trains are. Is that available for car fatalities in the US?

[silkester@mastodon.social]

@davidzipper

There are a few other metrics missing, like pedestrians and cyclists driven out of the public sphere.

See several contributions to the subject US and traffic victims.

https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes/videos

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[silkester@mastodon.social]

@davidzipper

These two for example on car design and car safety premises:

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

(www.youtube.com)

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

(www.youtube.com)

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[silkester@mastodon.social]

@davidzipper

Lack of insight and willingness to learn from others... ending i a self-fullfiling path of disaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dHFC31VtQ

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[silkester@mastodon.social]

@davidzipper

Unrealistic expectation and propaganda instead of true stats and an honest assessment... getting it horribly wrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPduRHBhHI
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[silkester@mastodon.social]

@davidzipper

How Ponzi style suburbia is preventing the US to get out of an evil circle and cars remain essential...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsMeKl-Sv0
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...and a few more on the US and why their traffic stats are what they are.

[silkester@mastodon.social]

@davidzipper
I think I should add this one to the list:

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

(www.youtube.com)

Netherlands having kids out and about on bikes on their own, while keeping them safe.

[scottcain@genomic.social]

Looking at it from the outside, I find it interesting that they use per mile rather than per capita, since per capita is So Much Easier to calculate and doesn't involve so much inference about how much driving is being done. It feels like it's been purposely hiding the truth all along (which, it seems like is true from your reporting).
@davidzipper

[galbinuscaeli@spacey.space]

@davidzipper
In other news, US Deaths Per Bullet Fired are on par with other countries.