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The fact that the worst of it is concentrated in the US south is very telling
And they don't even have snow and ice to deal with.
Thought it would be interesting to compare with EU, they published an article in 2023 (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=630784) with the following data. This graph uses a number per 1 million inhabitants so divide by 10 to compare it.
Wrote this comment in another post with this graph. In the worst country in Europe the number might be 3 times lower than the worst state.
Yeah, traffic in the Americas is a joke compared to the EU
