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      5 months ago

      yeah in europe (obviosly it varies a lot cross-country and rural/urban) but lots of places with high safety standards , and high emissions taxes. Still lots of small cars around .
      Mostly due to parking in big-dense-cities though probably.

      US does come out badly on deaths per billion pax-km: 8 ish vs 3-5 for most euro countries

      So on the face of it small cars dont sem to correlate - but these data look a bit hodge podge, so not sure to read too much into it without knowing the underlying sources.

      Other factors like the “stroad” thing might be an issue.
      And a lot of European municipalities give the elderly free public transport, and have ok bus service, so many doddery old coots have a viable option.

      I remember that southpark episode about senior drivers, with the jaws music . . .
      Maybe not as funny when you look at that US death rate. To quoe Father Maxi: “No god needs complex irony and subtle farcical twists that seem macabre to you and me, all that we can hope for is that god got his laughs . . .”