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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Those type of stats need to be taken in context as well. In the 60's 90% of the roads around here were dirt or gravel, all roads were 2 lane (in this area), most intersections were uncontrolled (in fact that was the case in the 1980's on most of the suburb/around town roads from what I remember) Snow removal was not so good (my father used to drive his snowmobile to work everyday in the winter because he couldn't get where he had to go). The hills were high and the roads curved around every little burg and farm (aka they weren't straightened, and flattened and sometimes were frightening during the day with dry ground) So perhaps the driving conditions themselves were also to blame?
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Wherever possible the hills, dips, and curves have been tamed, and lots more signage (stops for sure!) put up, and huge equipment for plowing and spreading salt are dispatched at the first sign of a snowflake.
On the other hand, back then there was 1 car/mile vs 50 cars and semis/mile now (warning: made up stats).