If no-one helps you after a car crash in India, this is why

Re:If no-one helps you after a car crash in India, this is why by po on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:39AM (#11854779)

I suspect that you're making a bit of a mistake yourself in your calculations here if we want to get an understanding of if it's "more accidents" or "access to help when the accident happens" that is more important.

The reason is that you're taking the population of the USA where over 80% have licenses to drive (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/pubs/hf/pl11028/ch...) and comparing with a country where most people don't own cars:

While nearly a third of people living in metros own personal transport, only 15 percent of the rural population own their own vehicle.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/driving-indias-...

I think you would really want to compare serious accidents per vehicle mile driven to compare effectiveness of policy and driving behavior across countries.

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Re:If no-one helps you after a car crash in India, this is why by shripadk on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @11:02AM (#11854954)

No I'm not making a mistake. I know very well that my calculations are skewed. That is precisely the point I was trying to make: Taking a statistic in isolation presents a wrong picture (that is also the reason I said: 'So by looking at these calculations India "seems" to be a lot safer than the US'. Note the stress on "seems")

Hope this clarifies my intent :)

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