Originally Posted by
The Human Car
I don't believe that there is one cause but there are strong indicators of symptoms of problems (which are many and this is one of them.)
The problem that I have with the graphic is that it is encouraging the viewers to draw a conclusion that it cannot actually support.
Originally Posted by
The Human Car
(Fewer tickets = more tolerant of speed limit violations.)
The chart does not support that conclusion. It does not contain the data to support that conclusion.
Since it might be harder to speed in high population areas (due to high traffic and congestion), the lower % speeding-tickets per population could be explained by that.
Also, in high population areas, more people are using mass transit. That is, a large part of the population isn't even driving!
Originally Posted by
The Human Car
While you are correct that the higher density counties are skewed to the left of the chart, the fact remains the National average for the ratio of bike/ped fatalities is 13% and even a lot of our rural counties have a hard time getting below that.
The ratio of bike/ped fatalities is another discussion. I certainly would like to see fewer cyclists killed or injured. Heck, why not lower the numbers of pedestrian fatalities too.
So, what does that ratio mean?
That ratio is probably because closer to 100% of bicyclists ride in the streed and closer to 0% of pedestrians walk in the street. That ratio ould likely be much lower if people walked in the streets or if cyclists rode on side walks. The ratio is also probably higher because pedestians take care when they cross the streets.