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Fatal crashes in the first half of 2016 jumped by more than 1,500 when compared to last year, marking the largest spike in 50 years.
From January to June, 17,775 people died in traffic-related incidents, increasing by 10.4 percent from the same period in 2015, a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found. While traffic deaths remain significantly lower than pre-2006 numbers, many aren't satisfied and say there's more to be done to ensure safety on the nation's streets. As the United States continues to lag behind other industrialized nations in traffic safety numbers, some are looking to autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles as an answer to accidental fatalities caused by human error in motor vehicle crashes.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 12 2016, @03:23PM
As the United States continues to lag behind other industrialized nations in ...
...pretty much everything
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 12 2016, @03:28PM
I think they are still number one for weapons per inhabitant.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Kilo110 on Wednesday October 12 2016, @03:41PM
And convicts iirc
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Wednesday October 12 2016, @03:46PM
By far #1 for percent of population in prison. IIRC by 10 X.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 12 2016, @04:17PM
By far #1 for percent of population in prison. IIRC by 10 X.
President Trump will fix that. He will make sure all undesirables are in prison. He will increase the amount to 20 X!
TRUMP 2016!
(Score: 3, Informative) by ikanreed on Wednesday October 12 2016, @04:38PM
No, we're pretty much tied for percent of our population in prison with North Korea.
And for some reason a few tiny island nations also match the US. Which is weird. I never quite understood why. But when it comes to nations that aren't microscopic or defined by being a continual humanitarian crisis, the US is only 1.4X the next most prison-loving. Russia. Not 10X.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday October 12 2016, @06:22PM
The high percent of US population in prison is not a mystery.
For Profit Prisons.
Executive bonuses, shareholder value, etc.
A school system that embraces 'no child allowed to excel to their potential -- in order to not leave anyone behind'. Thus consistently turns out a percent of 'graduates' who are unemployable, likely to turn to crime, and thus reduce vacant prison cells which increases profit, executive bonuses, and shareholder value.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Wednesday October 12 2016, @07:09PM
And weapons exports, at least when it comes to delivery per air directly to final destination.
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(Score: 1) by harmless on Wednesday October 12 2016, @04:07PM
US spy technology is very advanced. No other nation is spying on its own population on a larger scale.
(Though the UK is not far behind.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:44AM
> US spy technology is very advanced. No other nation is spying on its own population on a larger scale.
Apart from Russia, China, etc, etc
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 12 2016, @08:51PM
Nice and snarky. Was expecting something like this in here.
How does the stats break down.
Age/make of car?
Age of driver?
Area of driver/accident?
Cause of accident?
Experience of driver?
These sorts of stats where everything is lumped together make fixing the issue meaningless and a guess to what is wrong. You can very easily blame bad driving when it could be a faulty part OEM or a combination.