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[–] card797@champserver.net 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You gotta enforce traffic laws in order to maintain safety.

Also*, where is Maine?

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The fact that California, a state with THIRTEEN TIMES MORE PEOPLE than Mississippi, has less than half the number of traffic fatalities is mind blowing. Mississippi is just 30% of the landmass that California represents, and yet it gets more than double the amount of traffic fatalities.

Looking at the left side of the graph, the trend is easily recognizable. Drunk angry and repressed, poverty stricken republicans will drive drunk like it's the right to bear arms. The further right you go, the more democratic the state.

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[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The hell is a "major state"

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

Clearly fake as it doesn't show a state that's better the non Americans. In big America, there are clearly more states!

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Wait what?? British Columbia is less than Alberta? There are single lanes in dangerous areas in comparison to Alberta.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (6 children)
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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How you know this is good data

  1. No sources. Just a chart.
  2. Randomly compares some places in North American to some places in Australia.
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