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from the 'hit-the-road'-but-don't-take-it-literally dept.
ScienceNews reports on a report from the CDC (informative graph):
U.S. drivers love to hit the road. The problem is doing so safely.
In 2013, 32,894 people in the United States died in motor vehicle crashes. Although down since 2000, the overall death rate - 10.3 per 100,000 people - tops 19 other high-income countries, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported July 8. Belgium is a distant second with 6.5 deaths per 100,000. Researchers reviewed World Health Organization and other data on vehicle crash deaths, seat belt use and alcohol-impaired driving in 2000 and 2013.
Canada had the highest percentage of fatal crashes caused by drunk drivers: 33.6 percent. New Zealand and the United States tied for second at 31 percent. But Canada and 16 other countries outperformed the United States on seat belt use - even though, in 2013, 87 percent of people in the United States reported wearing safety belts while riding in the front seat.
Spain saw the biggest drop - 75 percent - in its crash death rate. That country improved nearly all aspects of road safety, including decreasing alcohol-impaired driving and increasing seat belt use, the researchers say.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 24 2016, @02:03PM
The state of Arizona was considering split speed limits, some years ago, in response to an increase in traffic fatalities near Phoenix. They commissioned the Arizona University to do a study, and let them know how many lives would be changed.
The University came back in due time, and flat out told the legislators that split speed limits COST LIVES - it doesn't save any lives. Those bunch of kids figured out that each and every passing maneuver involves a risk of collision. The idea is to reduce passing maneuvers, thereby decreasing risk. All traffic needs to flow within about ten mph of all other traffic on high speed highways.
But, the courts are far more interested in revenue than they are in safety, so they mindlessly lobby for split speed limits, then send the cops out to enforce those laws.
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