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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by tootie on Sunday September 01, 2024 @02:44PM (#41419233)
I think that's likely a function of miles driven. At least partially.
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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by thih9 on Sunday September 01, 2024 @02:56PM (#41419326)
Per capita passenger mileage is 2x lower in Germany vs US[1]; it looks like this accounts for ~half of the difference and there are other factors.

[1]: https://frontiergroup.org/resources/fact-file-americans-driv...

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by stefan_ on Sunday September 01, 2024 @03:56PM (#41419837)
Other factors indeed, like population density - I assume you won't like correcting for that.
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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by thih9 on Sunday September 01, 2024 @04:55PM (#41420323)
On the contrary, please show how you would correct for that, ideally with sources.
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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by bitcharmer on Monday September 02, 2024 @03:32AM (#41423360)
Why would you assume that?
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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by lucianbr on Sunday September 01, 2024 @02:58PM (#41419343)
Only ~1.8x as a function of kms driven. Still significantly better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

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Re:Americans' love affair with big cars is killing them by occz on Sunday September 01, 2024 @02:55PM (#41419315)
That's part of the problem.
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