The death rate per mile driven has declined 22-fold since 1950.A century ago, these were the cars on Britain’s roads. Forget driving lessons or tests; to get behind the wheel legally, all you needed was a paper license, which cost the equivalent of around 25 pence today.Fast-forward to today. Around 1,700 people die in road incidents each year in the UK, about a quarter of the number that used to be. That’s despite there being 16 times more vehicles on the road and 33 times as many miles driven.Anarchy and blackouts: Britain’s roads until the end of World War II
The climb to a post-war peak in the mid-1960s
The battle against drunk driving
The rise of motorcycle helmets, seatbelts, and safer cars
Making roads safer for kids: stricter speed limits and traffic-calmed zones
Every year, about 1.2 million die on the world’s roads — we know how to bring this number down
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @lunanto 8 Sep
To me the German Autobahn is the most safety orientated road in the world
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 8 Sep
I’ve driven on the German autobahns before, including the no speed limit sections, and I can say they’re pretty safe, mainly because the drivers are really skilled.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Entrep 8 Sep
I had to check google, it paraphrase how Norway and Iceland often cited as having the lowest fatality rates per capita and per registered vehicle.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 8 Sep
According to this study, Norway, Malta, Singapore, and Sweden are still safer than the UK.
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