Victoria is that low cos they don’t fuck around when it comes to driving fines. The speed limit means limit, and they’re cracking down hard on drivers using phones.

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Victorians are some of the worst/dangerous drivers I've seen, but I'm not in Victoria.

[–] Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

I have seen worse but yeah, we have more than our fair share of dickheads on the road.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

I mean,Australia has way less snow than the US, that definitely has to account for a chunk of the difference in our numbers.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is this specifically relating to the difference between Victoria and Mississippi?

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Between Australia and the US in general.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Mississippi gets negligible amounts of snowfall and it rarely sticks.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

from existing in a car in the US on a few occasions and living in australia i’d wager a HUGE amount of the difference is attitude… holy SHIT do yall speed like crazy! 15-20mph over the limit just seems to be standard… 15kph over the limit here in aus you literally watch them pass every other car and call them a dickhead - and they’ll almost certainly get a speeding fine

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I am Australian, Ive been doing track days, drift days and have done a few amateur rallys too over the last 20 years and Ive never been more scared driving than a rental car in Austria in winter on holiday. Ice and snow is a whole different skillset.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

also true, but as other have said, mississippi doesn’t really get snow so given the massive difference between them and vic, i don’t think snow is really a particularly big contributor