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Are there statistics of deaths per mile driven, and if so, what sort of drop do they show? 2008, after all, is the year of high gas prices, which probably meant that people drove less.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 03:17:27 AM EST
No such data yet; but (1) the effect of a 1-3% recession on (road) traffic would be a magnitude less even in Western countries, (2) here, such an effect would be opposed anyway by the on-going expansion of highways, avoiding routes and ex-urban malls (gah...); (3) The economy of Hungary is on a different curve than most of the rest of the EU: GDP growth fell to a (by regional standards) snail-pace 1.1% already in 2007, then stayed around that level (with a relatively minor effect of the crisis until Q3/2008 even in seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter data [last row in linked table], compare Germany [last column in that table]).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 06:37:16 AM EST
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