I don't think the concept of blame enters into these stats.
Driver and/or dies in car....tick.
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On 10/05/2013, at 10:03 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> 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.
>
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> 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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