Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months agoThe 8 U.S States With the Highest Car Accident Fatality Rates in 2025nchstats.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
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minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoHow Wyoming on the list? There no one out there.
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoThat’s because they’ve all been killed in car accidents
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoHawthorne Effect. They know there aren’t any cops for miles, so they drive how many of us would if we knew we wouldn’t get caught. Just a theory.
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoPlus, lots of driving mixed with lots of drinking. Honestly, that’s my guess. It’s a mix of how many people per capita are rural, and how many people per capita are poor and therefore likely to engage in substance abuse.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoEver notice how it’s only called substance abuse when you can’t afford it?
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoHighest average distance driven per person per year, combined with the fact that basically all driving in Wyoming is at highway speed.
minus-squareSandwich Artist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIts illegal to drive sober there
How Wyoming on the list? There no one out there.
That’s because they’ve all been killed in car accidents
Hawthorne Effect.
They know there aren’t any cops for miles, so they drive how many of us would if we knew we wouldn’t get caught.
Just a theory.
Plus, lots of driving mixed with lots of drinking. Honestly, that’s my guess. It’s a mix of how many people per capita are rural, and how many people per capita are poor and therefore likely to engage in substance abuse.
Ever notice how it’s only called substance abuse when you can’t afford it?
Highest average distance driven per person per year, combined with the fact that basically all driving in Wyoming is at highway speed.
Its illegal to drive sober there