Why Americans Die So Much More Than Europeans

Re:Why Americans Die So Much More Than Europeans by bradknowles on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:28PM (#28507243)

Uh, no. I lived in Belgium for almost eight years, and I drove in many European countries over the years.

In every single country I drove in, they are much worse than the average American driver. In some places, like Paris and Rome, they are much, much worse. I managed to survive in Paris and Rome, but only barely.

To this day, when driving in the US, I hold this knowledge in reserve, for those rare times when I do need to be more aggressive and “Drive Belgian”.

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Re:Why Americans Die So Much More Than Europeans by Arnt on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:28AM (#28510113)

You barely survived, you say.

Two weeks ago I was in Italy, in one of the big cities, on a very heavily loaded cargo bike, and I made a mistake in a roundabout. Almost took the wrong exit and corrected too late. No problem — a car driver I cut off seemed to know the mistake before I did and slowed down to make space for me just in case.

If that's worse then the US, then the US must be heaven for cyclists.

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Re:Why Americans Die So Much More Than Europeans by sschueller on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:48AM (#28507955)

Take a drive down i95 or i495 in Massachusetts...

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