Old Mechanic -
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greater life expectancy
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Yeah, that occurred to me. The YouTube is from the Philippines :
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One very overloaded and underpowered motorbike and sidecar in Toboso, Occidental Negross, Philippines. Thia is an everyday normal occurance in the poorer outlying villages in the Philippines.
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On average we outlive them by 6.6 years (71.8 in the Philippines and 78.4 in the USA). The per-capita traffic-related death rate appears to be a contributor :
List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year :
USA 12.3
Philippines 20.0
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