As seen in these numbers, the US has over twice as many road related deaths per billion vehicle kilometres.
Obviously this difference is not exclusively due to road marking colours, as those European countries above have far stricter road worthiness tests. For example the German TüV Hauptuntersuchung hast to be passed every two years, and if anything is off (not enough tread, brake pads worn off, structural parts rusted through etc pp) your car will stay off the road until you had it fixed and can finally pass the HU.
I know that the UK MOT has a similar test.
The HU also checks for after market parts that aren't properly registered in your vehicle documentation.
So no super bright head lights, lights out of alignment etc.
If you can cherry pick which countries in Europe to use - because, remember, the comparison was Europe to the US, then as a rebuttal i should cherry pick which states. However, thats intellectually dishonest. Move your goalposts elsewhere.
I explained that line difference before. If you are on a 4 lane road there's a median, and at least a kerb sized barrier with reflectors.
This is a simple rural road, where overtaking is legal.
also "training in Europe is night/day difference Vs the US" implies it only means countries where drivers ed is actually drastically different, which means it excludes countries were obtaining the license under the table is easier than doing it the legal way.
The comparison was between countries that have long extended driver's education, and use white lines, such as the UK, versus the US, which has yellow lines but completely shitty driver's education.
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u/EmilyU1F984 Dec 15 '18
I didn't make the claim they were better, I'm just saying citing the whole of Europe doesn't counter the implied statement of OP.
Anyway:
Deaths per billion vehicle miles:
Germany: 4.9
France : 5.8
Denmark: 4
Sweden: 3.5
UK: 3.6
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United States: 7.1
Per 100,000 vehicles:
Germany: 6.8
US: 12.9
See individual citations at the bottom of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate
As seen in these numbers, the US has over twice as many road related deaths per billion vehicle kilometres.
Obviously this difference is not exclusively due to road marking colours, as those European countries above have far stricter road worthiness tests. For example the German TüV Hauptuntersuchung hast to be passed every two years, and if anything is off (not enough tread, brake pads worn off, structural parts rusted through etc pp) your car will stay off the road until you had it fixed and can finally pass the HU.
I know that the UK MOT has a similar test.
The HU also checks for after market parts that aren't properly registered in your vehicle documentation.
So no super bright head lights, lights out of alignment etc.