• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
    56·
    1 month ago

    Quick Google

    In 2024 36% of Germans reported using the car daily.

    In 2023 95.3% of Americans older than 16 drive on occasions.

    83 million Germans, 63% above 16

    340 million Americans, 65% above 16

    52 million potential drivers in Germany, 17 million actually drive

    221 million potential drivers in America, 210 million drive daily

    17 million vs 210 million daily drivers

    ~12x more drivers, only 2x more death

    Per capita isn’t really a way to look at it

    Besides automatic cars or lack of a manual transmission is not causing accidents.

    Chance of death goes up significantly with speed

    No one has ever crashed because they couldn’t go over the speed limit

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      Downvoters mad to find out cars are inherently unsafe and need very good infrastructure and to be remotely safe.

      Downvoters mad that Ek= ½mv2, and speed, funnily enough, is dangerous.

      Downvoters mad that manual transmission isn’t making cars safer.

      Car go vroom vroom, but public transport go better

      Fax