You gotta enforce traffic laws in order to maintain safety.
Also*, where is Maine?
Wait what?? British Columbia is less than Alberta? There are single lanes in dangerous areas in comparison to Alberta.
In fairness Australia has a low population density, and is not so mountainous, and we have very little snow et cetera.
That said I guess we do have hazards like kangaroos, and a larger road network to maintain (per capita).
Also depending on. When these stats are from they might pre-date the influx of shitty over-sized little-mans American cars. Thats sure to increase the rates of fatalities.
Clearly fake as it doesn’t show a state that’s better the non Americans. In big America, there are clearly more states!
You can always count on Mississippi! I’m surprised Texas isn’t higher, we drive like maniacs.
I remember reading years back that Mississippi is the only state where it’s legal for the driver to drink and drive (as long as they keep it below 0.08). Multiple defenders on Reddit said its safe because its still below the legal limit.
Couldnt be related, could it? Nahhh
https://dui.drivinglaws.org/resources/can-a-passenger-drink-alcohol.htm
Wait, are you saying BAC while driving must be 0.00 in some parts of the States, or am I misunderstanding? It’s 0.05 in most (all?) parts of Australia (except if you’re in a restricted licence category). It’s not encouraged, but it’s legal.
Figured you guys would have more permissive laws than we do.
No I’m saying you’re not allowed to be drinking alcohol while you drive. Which you are in Mississippi.
USA freedom warriors ™ on Reddit say ‘that’s fine because they still have to be under the legal limit’. Unable to fathom that the idea of normalizing drinking alcohol while you drive encourages irresponsible behaviour amongst other negatives, beyond just staying under the BAC limit.
Ahhh, yeah, that’s a bit cooked. The freedom warriors bit isn’t surprising, though. You’d expect them to be in favour of “the freedom to be as irresponsible as you like”.
I don’t know much about Mississippi, but I know that in neighboring Louisiana, there are drive-through daiquiri places.
the fine print of the law says that the open container law is not applicable to containers with frozen alcoholic beverage where the lid is intact and no straw is protruding through the lid.
In most cases, daiquiris adhere to the “tape rule.” Most daiquiri shops will put a piece of tape over the straw hold on the lid. If this tape is removed or broken then the drink is considered an open container.
So a piece of tape counts as a “seal.” They’re not even trying.
Ah yes, a piece of tape. Tape can definitely not be lifted and replaced, right?
I took a quick looks and seems like Mississippi has many drive through daiquiris bars also.
https://m.yelp.com/search?cflt=drivethrubars&find_loc=Gulfport%2C+MS
Mississippi has many drive through daiquiris bars also.
Looks like we just found another piece of the puzzle. Thanks for checking on that! I didn’t know Mississippi also had them, but it’s all making sense now.
It’s around 2.5 per 100 000 in Norway.
Victoria is that low cos they don’t fuck around when it comes to driving fines. The speed limit means limit, and they’re cracking down hard on drivers using phones.
Victorians are some of the worst/dangerous drivers I’ve seen, but I’m not in Victoria.
I have seen worse but yeah, we have more than our fair share of dickheads on the road.
Yeah the only people worse at driving are Belgiuns. I say this with certainty having never been to Belgium and in direct conflict with the source presented to me. I simply know it to be true as an empath.
I mean,Australia has way less snow than the US, that definitely has to account for a chunk of the difference in our numbers.
But Canada has way more snow than the U.S., so that doesn’t seem to be a major factor.
Could be that Canada is ready for the snow it gets while you see some states shut down completely when they get a light dusting of snow.
Yeah this is what I’m getting at.
Canadians and northern states know how to drive in snow and in general can afford more comprehensive plowing and salting programs. Mississipi is both broke AF and gets snow rarely.
So the programs suck and so do the drivers.
Is this specifically relating to the difference between Victoria and Mississippi?
Between Australia and the US in general.
from existing in a car in the US on a few occasions and living in australia i’d wager a HUGE amount of the difference is attitude… holy SHIT do yall speed like crazy! 15-20mph over the limit just seems to be standard… 15kph over the limit here in aus you literally watch them pass every other car and call them a dickhead - and they’ll almost certainly get a speeding fine
I am Australian, Ive been doing track days, drift days and have done a few amateur rallys too over the last 20 years and Ive never been more scared driving than a rental car in Austria in winter on holiday. Ice and snow is a whole different skillset.
also true, but as other have said, mississippi doesn’t really get snow so given the massive difference between them and vic, i don’t think snow is really a particularly big contributor
Mississippi gets negligible amounts of snowfall and it rarely sticks.
Im not saying its THE cause, just that the US as a whole has to regularly deal with a potential cause of accidents that is almost non-existent in Australia.
We also have a significantly lower amount of bear attacks and it has nothing to do with the quality of our bear management programs.
but significantly more dropbear attacks. perhaps that puts the fear into you and keeps you driving better.
getting a drivers license in mississippi is basically show up to the DMV, suck a cock and drive home or what?
Mississippi has drive-through combo shops: liquor store / DMV / KFC.
Saves time on your way to and home from church.
21 Mississippi, 22 Mississippi…
The thing that surprised me most after moving to Oregon was how bad the drivers were. I’ve lived in many states across the South, the Midwest, and West Coast and I’ve never encountered drivers so consistently vindictive, entitled and reckless as the drivers in Oregon.
How the heck are Victorians down the bottom? Is it just the sheer size of our population keeping that number in check…?
If you can survive hook turns you can survive anything.
Also less country for country driving
There’s some truth to that (wonder what percentage of fatalities are hook turn related…?), though most of my “if you can survive” experiences have been with drivers overtaking on the shoulder, overtaking in the right hand turn queue and then making a dangerous turn, losing control of their speeding vehicle in the Burnley Tunnel or on the West Gate Bridge, or deciding that stopping for red lights and/or pedestrians (crossing legally) is optional.
Obviously anecdotal, with a sample size of just one, but these are experiences I’ve had as a driver, passenger, pedestrian, or onlooker from a shop/restaurant/inside a tram. Didn’t happen anywhere near as frequently when I lived in Sydney or Brisbane.
Mississippi is always the worst of any statistic
Mississippi is the only state that doesn’t specifically prohibit drinking and driving (as long as you stay below the 0.08% BAC)
I’m guessing gun violence is much the same.
I assume this includes pedestrians and cyclist deaths? It’s by population rather than by “car” or “km driven” but I’d like to see a per county breakdown.
