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OK, let’s talk facts, since that is what you are using to justify your casual racism.
CA has a much larger population of Asian and Indian people than TX, with 17% Asian (including Indian) versus 6.4%. Based on your “factual” data, that would mean that CA should have more traffic accidents, right? Then why does TX have a 20% higher fatal accident rate than CA? Let’s say it is because they drive faster out there on the open roads than we do in crowded cities. Then why does TX have a 40% higher overall accident rate than CA? These are statistics adjusted by population, so it isn’t just because CA has a higher population. We drive in high traffic more often and should have more accidents. Yet we don’t.
OK, let’s just say TX is its own crazy ass world, since it is. Let’s look at Santa Clara County versus Los Angeles County. Both are high population cities with high Asian populations and mild weather. Santa Clara County is 43% Asian, while LA County is 16.4% Asian. Based on your “factual” analysis, we should expect a MUCH higher traffic accident rate in Santa Clara County. Then why does LA County have a 30% higher accident rate than Santa Clara County?
Look, it’s OK to be a little bit racist. We all are. Just recognize it and learn more about yourself and the world around you.
OK, let’s talk facts, since that is what you are using to justify your casual racism.
CA has a much larger population of Asian and Indian people than TX, with 17% Asian (including Indian) versus 6.4%. Based on your “factual” data, that would mean that CA should have more traffic accidents, right? Then why does TX have a 20% higher fatal accident rate than CA? Let’s say it is because they drive faster out there on the open roads than we do in crowded cities. Then why does TX have a 40% higher overall accident rate than CA? These are statistics adjusted by population, so it isn’t just because CA has a higher population. We drive in high traffic more often and should have more accidents. Yet we don’t.
OK, let’s just say TX is its own crazy ass world, since it is. Let’s look at Santa Clara County versus Los Angeles County. Both are high population cities with high Asian populations and mild weather. Santa Clara County is 43% Asian, while LA County is 16.4% Asian. Based on your “factual” analysis, we should expect a MUCH higher traffic accident rate in Santa Clara County. Then why does LA County have a 30% higher accident rate than Santa Clara County?
Look, it’s OK to be a little bit racist. We all are. Just recognize it and learn more about yourself and the world around you.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/road-accident-deaths-rise-to-177-lakh-in-2024-gadkari/article70361512.ece 485 people die per day on Indian roads, 177,000+ people a year, and a figure that is likely underreported given the stances of several international organizations such as the WHO.
https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual-Report-English-with-Cover.pdf Here is the data from India’s own govt agency overseeing Road Transport and Highways.
India also has a significant underreporting problem confirmed by multiple independent studies. Some suggesting that fatal accidents are as much as 40% under-reported https://tripc.iitd.ac.in/assets/publication/RSI_2023_web.pdf
Conversely, the US suffers less than 40k traffic deaths per year, approximately 110 persons per day. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813729
https://aashtojournal.transportation.org/nhtsa-projects-decline-in-traffic-fatalities-for-2024/
The US is a far more litigious society with more people reporting basic accidents vs in India as well.
LA county has a much higher accident rate because of far more population density and 8.2m vehicles vs Santa Clara’s 1.8m https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/uploads/2021/02/estimated_fee_paid_by_county_report.pdf
You can keep living in your fantasy world where you aren’t providing sources for your data. Come live here and experience it.