Martin,
I made a mistake, Denmark have the lowest accident rate per square mile, forgot that Greenland is a part of Denmark. Australia is only the second lowest. Hakan At 01:41 AM 4/27/2003 +0200, you wrote: >At 07:06 PM 4/26/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Andrew Lowe wrote: > > > > > I think you are getting a bit carried away with "computer > > >control of vehicles" when a bit of common sense will nearly halve the > > >US road toll. By way of example, lets compare and contrast Australia > > >with the USA. > > > > > > Both countries are affluent, with high standards of living, > > >literacy, numeracy and media penetration. Both countries also have > > >similar attitudes towards automobiles. The populations are roughly > > >280.5M, USA, Vs 19.5M, Australia. The death rate, for 2002, in the > > >US is 42850, as reported above whilst in Australia it is 1725, > > >according to http://www.atsb.gov.au. As a ratio this works out at: > > > > > >1 death per 6546 in the USA > > > Vs > > >1 death per 11304 in Australia > > ><snip> > > > > >Who is waiting for robby the robot to drive them around? Is that the > >general consensus because one person is interested in it? > >Did you take into account road densities and traffic density? The US has > >more intersecting highways through large cities than Australia, with > >more cars driving on them. > >Most accidents are in high density population areas and then it is >not a great difference. It is very few accidents in rural areas in both >places. For sure, Australia have the lowest accident rate in the >world per square kilometer or square mile. > >Germany have less than Australia and have more intersecting >highways, higher density and in many highways no speed limit. > >Sweden and Switzerland have around 1 death per 85,000 or nearly >1/9 of US. > >Hakan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/O10svD/Me7FAA/AG3JAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
