"Americans worried about their country’s sky-high rate of crash deaths haven’t had much to cheer lately. "
This is untrue.
America's motor vehicle fatality rate per billion vehicle miles has gone from 3.35 in 1980 to 1.27 in 2023. It's a dramatic reduction. In 1980 there were 51K fatalities in the US, in 2023 there were 40K. In 1980 there were 226M Americans, in 2020 there were 331M.
Other developed countries are doing even better. But it's disingenuous not to note that the US car fatalities have improved considerably over the past half a century.
But in Australia there are still lots of articles bemoaning car fatalities without acknowledging the dramatic decline in car fatalities by distance traveled and per capita.
Enforcing speeds for repeat speeders may well be a good idea though.
In the UK applications on phones are being used for insurance policies to work out which drivers are more likely to have accidents and change insurance rates.
Over the 15 years from 2008-2023, fatality rate per 100 million VMT has largely been stable, maybe increased some. I think that qualifies as not having recent wins.
Americans are driving more than ever and fatalities per capita has been steadily rising again since the 2010s per the Wikipedia provided data. The goal should be fewer deaths overall, not fewer deaths per VMT.
"Americans worried about their country’s sky-high rate of crash deaths haven’t had much to cheer lately. "
This is untrue.
America's motor vehicle fatality rate per billion vehicle miles has gone from 3.35 in 1980 to 1.27 in 2023. It's a dramatic reduction. In 1980 there were 51K fatalities in the US, in 2023 there were 40K. In 1980 there were 226M Americans, in 2020 there were 331M.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...
Other developed countries are doing even better. But it's disingenuous not to note that the US car fatalities have improved considerably over the past half a century.
For comparison, Australia has done even better : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...
But in Australia there are still lots of articles bemoaning car fatalities without acknowledging the dramatic decline in car fatalities by distance traveled and per capita.
Enforcing speeds for repeat speeders may well be a good idea though.
In the UK applications on phones are being used for insurance policies to work out which drivers are more likely to have accidents and change insurance rates.
https://www.zixty.com/how-do-car-insurance-apps-work/