Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoThe 8 U.S States With the Highest Car Accident Fatality Rates in 2025nchstats.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkThe 8 U.S States With the Highest Car Accident Fatality Rates in 2025nchstats.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoHow Wyoming on the list? There no one out there.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 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-up3·9 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-up1·9 months agoEver notice how it’s only called substance abuse when you can’t afford it?
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoThat’s because they’ve all been killed in car accidents
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoHighest average distance driven per person per year, combined with the fact that basically all driving in Wyoming is at highway speed.
How Wyoming on the list? There no one out there.
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?
That’s because they’ve all been killed in car accidents
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Highest average distance driven per person per year, combined with the fact that basically all driving in Wyoming is at highway speed.