This is a very good article about US traffic deaths, which are now far above comparable nations. But it doesn't mention huge variation among US states 1/
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In 2020, Texas had twice as many vehicle-related deaths per person as NY; FL >2.5X as many. CA in between 2/
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And it's not just because people take public transit in the Northeast, though that helps. Deaths per 100M miles driven, in 2018:
FL 1.41
TX 1.29
CA 1.02
NY 0.76 3/ worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings
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Just eyeballing it, a strong correlation between vehicle deaths and Covid deaths since vaccines became available. And both correlated with Trump vote in 2020 4/
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Massachusetts has lowest traffic deaths per mile driven in US. Of course that never gets mentioned in the press.
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Speed cameras are the most effective way to get people to obey speed limits. Used worldwide. Never see them in the US.
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Deaths per billions of miles travelled is a more meaningful comparison, but doesn't get as many clicks.