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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by stevenwoo on Monday August 28, 2017 @04:35PM (#15119838)
The general trend from that data appears that the higher the standard of living, the higher the safety is per driving mile and the US is where one would expect in such a list, better than third world countries, worse than Europe.
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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by chrismealy on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @12:45AM (#15122129)
Canada has 40% fewer road deaths by population. I don't think they're that much richer or smarter than Americans. Complacency is killing people.
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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by stevenwoo on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:19AM (#15122256)
Good point. Probably no single simple correlation will do - higher fuel prices points to the one thing that Western Europe and Canada share off the top of my head compared to the USA. (That and nationalized healthcare. :) )
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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by chrismealy on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:41AM (#15122329)
If raising gas taxes would save 12,000 lives per year then America should definitely do it. It's a social problem that doesn't require technological solutions.
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