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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think there are fundamental differences between driving culture between the USA and Canada, but Canadian stats track with Europe?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

There are massive fundamental driving differences between the provinces.

For example, you can instantly tell an Albertan driver. They don't know how to do hills, corners, or worst of all, hills with corners.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

You can usually also tell by the license plate...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, ON and QC have the best rates BY FAR among provinces. Even the next best province (MB) is already 25% worse than the national average.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If youre talking about car insurance, comparing rates by themselves is irrelevant. Alberta has relatively cheap insurance, but BCs basic coverage is more than ten times better for only about 30% more cost.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm talking about the vehicle deaths per capita (same as the chart from the article)