The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous phrase (2016)

Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by flerchin on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:51AM (#29379843)

To me, the Fatalities per mile is the most meaningful metric, but that's very sparsely populated on the chart. The next most meaningful metric on that chart is Fatalities per 100k vehicles.

Somali car owners have a 6.5% chance of dying in their vehicles, annually.

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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by Etheryte on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:47PM (#29385066)

I'm not sure if I see how fatalities per 100k vehicles is a better metric than per 100k inhabitants: the composition of vehicles is very different from country to country. Given the example above, in Indonesia I would expect a very considerable portion to be scooters which while more dangerous for the driver themselves are safer for others. Meanwhile in the United States, cars are the big majority, being safer for the driver but more dangerous to others.

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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by w-m on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:34AM (#29380289)

A large percentage of road deaths are pedestrians and cyclists. Especially in countries with fewer cars and more pedestrians. So it's more that as a Somali car owner, you have a 6.5% chance of killing somebody with your vehicle, annually.

Still the number seems incredibly high. Maybe the number of registered vehicles is underreported, with many vehicles just not getting officially registered?

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