Originally Posted by
genec
If you want to drive in Germany you need to be dedicated, which makes for better drivers. And better drivers means fewer accidents, fewer accidents means fewer deaths: Germany has far fewer motor vehicle-related fatalities (per 100,000 people) than the US.
Gee, so it isn't a human issue... so must be something else....
It looks like a large part of it number of miles driven per year:
83MM 3200 deaths 8437* mpy 38 deaths/MM
320MM 32479 deaths 13476 mpy 101 deaths/MM
* this figure is from 2002 (kinda old).
The roads are different too.
Originally Posted by
genec
Thanks to Joey, for bringing this up... so other cyclists may think about it.
As a boater and boat racer, I have faced the CBRD situation quite a bit, and am quite familiar with it.
CBRD or the pillar visibility might have had nothing to do with this.
There's a hill and bushes obscuring the view and drivers are mostly going to be looking forward anyway.