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Chart of traffic fatalities in American and Australian states and Canadian provinces (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Deaths per capita might not be as useful a metric as deaths per 100,000 km driven could arguably be better. But then you’re perhaps not taking into account deaths of pedestrians & cyclists.

I would argue that deaths per distance traveled (even if it included modes other than driving) could be worse because it might skew the results in favor of sprawl-y countries with a lot of freeway driving.

The pursuit of "safety" (measured in deaths per distance traveled) has been the excuse for a lot of terrible design decisions in traffic engineering, because keeping the number of deaths the same while increasing the speed and distance traveled looks like a win.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Yes.

If they make you drive a lot it's a systemic/infrastructural problem just like having bad roads & low standards for car safety and maintenance.