You have to also consider that the French tend to misplace blame for the
traffic deaths. For example, instead of acknowledging that unprotected
concrete pillars inches from the roadway in a curving tunnel/underpass kill
people when they are run into, the authorities will always blame the driver.
On Friday, May 10, 2013, SwissPace wrote:
> I would like to see it broken down by road type, I can't believe that
> the French Toll Autoroutes are more dangerous (even given the slightly
> higher speed) than the UK motorways. I would need to see accurate
> figures to convince me.
>
>
> On 10/05/2013 08:58, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> > Now that is interesting. I see that the Australian and French figures
> are fairly close but the rate is boosted in France by the numbers of
> motorcycle deaths. Similarly, in the UK the death rate is less than half
> due to vehicle occupants whereas out vehicle death rate is around 2/3rds.
> The Australian and American figures are comparable - with much higher
>
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