The best way to save American lives on the road? Roundabouts, writes Daniel Knowles
, published by Abrams Press. He is also Midwest correspondent for The Economist.ear my home in Wicker Park, on Chicago’s north-west side, is an intersection known by some in the neighborhood semi-affectionately as “the crotch.” In Chicago’s almost perfect grid, it is where North Avenue, Milwaukee Avenue and Damen Avenue all meet in one point, creating a six-way road intersection. Its nickname fits it, because this is the part of Wicker Park you want to look away from.
Actually roundabouts should be installed almost everywhere in America. Why? Because they save lives. The problem is that drivers keep killing people. Last year, almostwere killed in car crashes in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration . That is almost as many as are killed by guns, in total, including all murders and suicides. A growing share of those deaths are pedestrians. In 2021, 7,600 people were killed while walking .
Thirty years ago, driving in America was not, by international standards, that dangerous. In fact, per mile driven, the French were actually slightly more likely to die in a fiery wreck. Now, Americans are three times more likely to die than the French. As I explain in my book,, the reason why is not that the French became better drivers. It is that France, unlike America, but like almost every other rich country on earth, has worked out how to make its roads safer.
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