Anyone who has lived or traveled in Kuwait knows that our roads are famous (and not the good kind of famous). It turns out that Kuwait just hosted a conference on traffic safety. Here are a couple of interesting statistics:
Population of the USA: 304 million
Population of Kuwait: 3.5 million
# of traffic accidents per year in USA: 5.8 million
# of traffic accidents per year in Kuwait: 2 million
% US GDP lost to accident damages: 0.1%
% Kuwait GDP lost to accident damages: 2.5 %
US ratio of accidents to population: 1 accident for every 52 people (per year)
Kuwait ratio of accidents to population: 1 accident for every 1.75 people (per year)
Hmmm...yeah...and it turns out (surprise!) that a vast majority of the serious injuries and deaths are occurring among children and youth. I'm going out on a limb here, but perhaps the use of carseats and seatbelts for children just might make a difference in these statistics. Oh, and perhaps education on the basic rules of the road such as right-of-way, staying in your lane, maintaining constant speed, and staying more than 6 inches behind the next car when you're driving 80mph. Come on people, it doesn't have to be this way! Protect your families!
2 comments:
Hahaha.. This is insane. And really sad. Missing you
do you need to add yourself to this blog posting about car accidents now that you kind of had your own?
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