Geometrinen_Gepardi comments on Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces

Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I understand this is largely due to Americans wanting to get drunk like everyone else but also having to drive everywhere.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And gigantic motor vehicles.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And terrible roads and/or regulations? I can't help but notice the worst offenders are conservative areas and those usually are neglectful.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And lack of pedestrian infrastructure, and..., and... We can go on and on at how baked into the cake these deaths are in the car cult.

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[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago*

The transportation departments of red states just funnel the monies to corrupt buddies and nothing gets fixed even though there is perpetual road work being (performatively) done.

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[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

There are so many dumb regulations and circumstances that functionally push people to giant vehicles.

For instance: I replaced my 2016 VW golf base model with an electric F150 this year for a multitude of reasons. I got a refund from insurance (with the same coverage). None of this makes sense except that I'm less likely to be injured by other motorists in my 3.5ton truck. I found this depressing.

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