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changye

Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 13: A Dad Gives Advice to a Broken-Hearted Son

October 12, 2009 at 2:34 PM

Hi miantiao

听起来很有道理。我有一个好友，男，今年五十岁，至今还单身。我认为他还有许多“长大”余地，善哉，善哉。

Posted on: Drunk Driving

October 12, 2009 at 1:37 PM

Hi bodawei

I can't agree with you more. As I said in my previous post, it's also necessary to look at this problem from different angles. What I showed in that post is merely "a fact", at least they are so-called "official" numbers, and you need to take other factors/conditions (total population included, of course) into account to explain what causes the difference (in total numbers, ratio etc) between China and Japan.

Incidentally, the numbers of driver's license holders in the PRC and Japan are as follows,

PRC 188,830,000 (2009.6)
Japan 80,450,000 (2008.12)

So, fatalities per license holders (100,000) are ....

PRC 38.9
Japan 5.5

I have no positive reason not to believe that the PRC is less safe than Japan in terms of traffic accidents, especially in urban areas.

请大家小心过马路，小心开车！

Posted on: Drunk Driving

October 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM

Hi bodawei

Here are links to the sources of the info.

Fatalities in China 2008 （新华网）
http://news.xinhuanet.com/comments/2009-07/10/content_11680257.htm

Fatalities in Japan 2008 (Yahoo news)
http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/domestic/traffic_accident/

Car/bike numbers in China (公安交通管理局/大使馆)
http://jp2.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/supplydemandofchina/200901/20090105991626.html

Car/bike numbers in Japan (日本自動車工業会)
http://www.juntsu.co.jp/jouhou/toukei/toukei14.html
http://www.jama.or.jp/motorcycle/living/04_02.html

Posted on: Drunk Driving

October 12, 2009 at 9:28 AM

Hi bodawei, ooka, and pretzellogic

The following is a comparison of fatalities from traffic accidents between the PRC and Japan (in 2008). I think it's also necessary to look at them from different angles, such as "number of drivers", "number of miles driven", and "traveling time". In any case, it may be said, at least, that the PRC is less safe than Japan in terms of fatalities in traffic accidents. How about your countries?

......................PRC...........Japan

Fatalities .......73,484.........5,155

Four Wheels .....6,467........7,571.... (×10,000)
Two Wheels .....8,953.........1,773.... (×10,000)
Total ...............15,420........9,344 ....(×10,000)

Fatalities per ......47.7..........5.5
100,000 cars/bikes