Try this article: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/full/93/9/1384
Money quote: "While traffic fatalities from 1979 to 2000 declined by 50% in Canada, 46% in Britain, and 48% in Australia, the decline in the United States was only 18%."
Money quote: "While traffic fatalities from 1979 to 2000 declined by 50% in Canada, 46% in Britain, and 48% in Australia, the decline in the United States was only 18%."
My more than 30 years of traffic safety research leaves little doubt that the 2 factors that overwhelmingly determine an individual’s risk in traffic are (1) the individual’s behavior and (2) the behavior of other road users.
Why does the author need over 30 years of research to come to this conclusion?