▲ 502 ▼ Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago* by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rockbear@feddit.dk 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Amazing. The Chicago metropolitan area has about one and a half times the population of denmark and five times the traffic fatalities. (And 150 times the gun murders, but it's kind of a given that the US is completely whack on that compared to the rest of the western world) You should really look into both. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) They don't have 50+ hours of mandatory training before hitting the roads like we do. In some states you can practically just go to an exam and luck out. Their perception of freedom is messed up and literally causing huge amounts of unnecessary deaths. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) There is also a lot more driving in the USA, even in a decent transit area like Chicago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Very true, we do like our bicycles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) They don't have 50+ hours of mandatory training before hitting the roads like we do. In some states you can practically just go to an exam and luck out. Their perception of freedom is messed up and literally causing huge amounts of unnecessary deaths. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) There is also a lot more driving in the USA, even in a decent transit area like Chicago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Very true, we do like our bicycles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) There is also a lot more driving in the USA, even in a decent transit area like Chicago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Very true, we do like our bicycles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Very true, we do like our bicycles permalink fedilink source parent