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Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces
(lemmy.world)
Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBPkI3CCY8o
I mean,Australia has way less snow than the US, that definitely has to account for a chunk of the difference in our numbers.
But Canada has way more snow than the U.S., so that doesn't seem to be a major factor.
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.
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
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.
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
Is this specifically relating to the difference between Victoria and Mississippi?
Between Australia and the US in general.
Mississippi gets negligible amounts of snowfall and it rarely sticks.