brandon

I wasn’t referring to crime rates at all, just the dangers of American traffic infrastructure. And in that context I’m not interested in comparing the rates of traffic injury/death over the past X years but with other developed countries.

The primary issue isn’t that American children are less capable but that American neighborhoods are unsafe. In many suburban developments in the United States it isn’t safe to walk to anywhere of interest (excepting the neighboring houses). Residential areas are often separated from commercial and recreational areas by high speed automobile traffic lanes with little-to-no pedestrian infrastructure.