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/cjB9SD/od7FAA/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/
