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Re:Why are cars killing more pedestrians? by tim333 on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:25PM (#21173819)
As a Brit, I'd say a lot of the difference is road engineering. We tend to have windy roads and roundabouts that slow things are less prone to fatalities.

Wikipedia says that in 2008 we were one of the best in the world for that but have been overtaken by Holland and Sweden. Also that we could drop deaths 30% more by fixing stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom#Ro...

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Re:Why are cars killing more pedestrians? by Enginerrrd on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:41PM (#21173974)
This! Things like minimum street and shoulder widths are totally different between the UK and US and they dramatically impact driver behavior. I'm an engineer in the US for the record.
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