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Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] -4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I mean,Australia has way less snow than the US, that definitely has to account for a chunk of the difference in our numbers.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But Canada has way more snow than the U.S., so that doesn't seem to be a major factor.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Could be that Canada is ready for the snow it gets while you see some states shut down completely when they get a light dusting of snow.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah this is what I'm getting at.

    Canadians and northern states know how to drive in snow and in general can afford more comprehensive plowing and salting programs. Mississipi is both broke AF and gets snow rarely.

    So the programs suck and so do the drivers.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Mississippi gets negligible amounts of snowfall and it rarely sticks.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Im not saying its THE cause, just that the US as a whole has to regularly deal with a potential cause of accidents that is almost non-existent in Australia.

    We also have a significantly lower amount of bear attacks and it has nothing to do with the quality of our bear management programs.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    from existing in a car in the US on a few occasions and living in australia i’d wager a HUGE amount of the difference is attitude… holy SHIT do yall speed like crazy! 15-20mph over the limit just seems to be standard… 15kph over the limit here in aus you literally watch them pass every other car and call them a dickhead - and they’ll almost certainly get a speeding fine

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I am Australian, Ive been doing track days, drift days and have done a few amateur rallys too over the last 20 years and Ive never been more scared driving than a rental car in Austria in winter on holiday. Ice and snow is a whole different skillset.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    also true, but as other have said, mississippi doesn’t really get snow so given the massive difference between them and vic, i don’t think snow is really a particularly big contributor

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