The fact that California, a state with THIRTEEN TIMES MORE PEOPLE than Mississippi, has less than half the number of traffic fatalities is mind blowing. Mississippi is just 30% of the landmass that California represents, and yet it gets more than double the amount of traffic fatalities.

Looking at the left side of the graph, the trend is easily recognizable. Drunk angry and repressed, poverty stricken republicans will drive drunk like it's the right to bear arms. The further right you go, the more democratic the state.

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[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The hell is a "major state"

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How you know this is good data

No sources. Just a chart.
Randomly compares some places in North American to some places in Australia.

[+] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world -7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Oh come on. I don’t think there’s another country on the planet as car-dependent as the US. We have more cars, we drive far, far more than these countries, so of course there will be more deaths. Try it per person/mile driven and I bet the numbers shift quite a bit and it won’t be so dramatic, but the US will still come out “ahead.” On average I’d also bet the US has far higher average travel speed as well generating a higher possibility of fatal accidents.

Edit: Here. Sort by billion km driven. US is #8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Still high, but in context the OP doesn’t offer.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

That's part of the problem.

„Yeah, it's unfair to count us that high in death by alcohol. You should divide it by litre of alcohol drank.“ - said no-one ever, with good reason.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Canada and Australia, the only other countries in the OP, are both below the US.

As for speed, at least where I am in Canada, they don't even bother enforcing the limit until you're at least 20% over it. And Germany, famous for its highway without a speed limit, is still lower than all three countries listed.

Whatever is going on in the US to cause a higher amount of car fatalities isn't just distance driven or speed.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You ignored the entire point of the post. Your anecdote about enforcement could be apply to any of the countries listed. And the idea that the Autobahn is some kind of speed free-for-all needs to die. It’s highly regulated and restricted. I’ve driven it well over 100mph. Again, the number of Germans driving and the miles they drive vs that of the US is a huge difference.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that chart accounted for deaths per distance driven and the bit about speed enforcement and the autobahn was to challenge your assumption that people in the US drive faster on average because people here speed so much they have to be exceeding the limit by a good amount before the cops even blink at them.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Your anecdote. Don’t confuse your personal feelings about enforcement with actual data.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Oh come on. I don’t think there’s another country on the planet as car-dependent as the US.

Well, that in and of itself is something worthy of criticism. One significant side effect of being so car-dependent is that effectively requires us to have low standards when it comes to obtaining and keeping a license.

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