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Roten
Japan has a higher percentage of pedistrian deaths in traffic accidents than several other developed countries. I wonder if the percentage of pedistrian deaths went down more than the total deaths, as it could be possible with less old people walking in and crossing the streets without regard to traffic signals and crosswalks.
Roten
Japan has a higher percentage of pedistrian deaths in traffic accidents than several other developed countries. I wonder if the percentage of pedistrian deaths went down more than the total deaths, as it could be possible with less old people walking in and crossing the streets without regard to traffic signals and crosswalks.
Goodlucktoyou
Saw two accidents in 30 mins today. It was raining though, but if think people are distracted.
Yubaru
Gasoline prices have dropped drastically too! The other day I bought regular at 102 yen/ltr!
Speed
One thing I've liked recently is having way less cars on the road. I've had hardly any tailgaters and I usually have a lot.
The empty roads seemed to have mellowed a lot of drivers out. Even when both lanes of a road was occupied side by side, most cars driving behind seemed to chill until there was space to pass.
The past week with the easing of the state of emergency has seen the return of a lot more aggro driving behavior again, which I'm not happy about.
doggar
Burning bush there there is no lockdown in Japan. There is a request to stay home, it is not a lockdown.
Pukey2
It's a bit like the low rate of COVID-19 infections in Japan. You don't do much testing, then you don't get many infections.
Objective
Japanese statistics...
267 Traffic deaths (April average)
373 Corona deaths in April
Tragedy strikes every day. We have never hid in our homes. We must be cautious, prudent, and mindful but continue to work and support other businesses.
Bjorn Tomention
So going on these figures then we should ban cars and road travel completely obviously, because that will save lives, more lives infact than if society is isolated from the DEADLY COVID 19.
Or do we just keep swallowing the hype about this deadly disease being more deadly then moving about by road ?
Vince Black
Possibly because many elderly are refraining from going outdoors
Disillusioned
"Every cloud has a silver lining."