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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
   In article   
   ,   
    "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
     wrote:   
      
   > It is said AMERICA'S #1, but it's not actually true... IT IS #3!   
   >   
   > (Now I'm redeemed and can take a nap in my hammock)   
   >   
   > The Top Ten Most Dangerous Countries to Drive in   
   > The list starts at number 10 with the least dangerous of the finalists   
   > and working down to the ones you, as a driver, really want to avoid at   
   > all costs. So before you start, where in the list do you think the   
   > United Kingdom comes in?   
   >   
   >    1. Belgium - 100 deaths per year for every million inhabitants.168   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    2. Czech Republic - 118 deaths per year for every million   
   > inhabitants. 235 deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    3. United States of America - 136 deaths per year for every million   
   > inhabitants. 163 deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    4. Greece - 121 deaths per year for every million inhabitants. 226   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    5. Korea - 127 deaths per year for every million inhabitants. 317   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    6. Hungary - 123 deaths per year for every million inhabitants. 347   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    7. Turkey - 68 deaths per year for every million inhabitants - 594   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    8. Poland - 147 deaths per year for every million inhabitants. 310   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >    9. Slovakia - 122 deaths per year for every million inhabitants.   
   > 426 deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >   10. Russia - 235 deaths per year for every million inhabitants. 939   
   > deaths per year for every million vehicles   
   >   
   > United Kingdom   
   > So despite what you might think about the UK¹s roads and RTAs, Britain   
   > doesn¹t make it into the top ten and in fact is consistently proven to   
   > be one of the safest countries in the world to drive in ­ alongside   
   > Sweden and The Netherlands.   
   >   
   > http://www.safetravel.co.uk/dangerous-countries-drive-in.html   
      
   I'm sorry, but neither of the statistics quote say very much about   
   whether driving is safe or not in those places.   
      
   Deaths per million passenger miles is what you want to look at.   
      
   --   
   Alan Baker   
   Vancouver, British Columbia   
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)