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  adaydream at 07:37 AM JST - 5th January

  MADD will be there in no time. They have all the answers. < :-)

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  Betzee at 07:55 AM JST - 5th January

  MADD will be there in no time.

  In fact inebriation is probably not a cause. Group drinking is the norm during banquets, and many government officials attend at least one a week, but chauffeurs never imbibe. Car-owners are aware of the stiff penalties as well as the costs, such as supporting the survivors of anyone you kill or disable.

  The high fatality rate is due to a disregard for traffic safety laws which often leaves both parties at fault. If it's a fender bender, the disputants invariably draw a crowd of onlookers as they try to reach agreement on who's responsible for what damage. Like reality TV, except there's no TV!

  During the Cultural Revolution, when most Chinese got around on bicycle, someone had the idea to opt out of the internationally recognized colored coded stop-light designations since "red," a revolutionary color, should mean "go" not "stop." But it hardly mattered since most cyclists paid no attention anyway.

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  kwatt at 10:02 AM JST - 5th January

  I wonder if this number of traffic accident death is a lot? Definitely more than Japan. China has more than 1 billion people. The number is maybe reasonable. I wonder how about USA, Russia? That many?

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  Ultradude at 12:51 PM JST - 5th January

  Population is not so relevant. The number of vehicles and type of roads matters. I would imagine country to country comparisons are tricky unless the number of vehicles, average speeds and miles driven, geography, climate, etc are similar.

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  Triumvere at 05:36 PM JST - 5th January

  Dude, I know they've got 1.2 billion, but man...

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  kwatt at 05:39 PM JST - 5th January

  Ultradude - Yes, you are right. There was no road accident death in my little town last year. They have their own cars but not often drive, ususlly walk and bicycle.

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