Strange: Why Do Red States Have More Traffic Fatalities?

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. I can tell you this, about my corner of Alabama.

There are at least 3 "single car leaving roadway and/or roll over" accidents per week in my rural county.
and a fatality about every 6 weeks, no seat belts, driver thrown from vehicle.
I am not exaggerating.
We have miles and miles of unpatroled county roads in the whole state, and people SPEED.
From Friday night till early Monday morning, there are reports of cars leaving the roadway, almost always a single driver, almost always no seat belt.
The few times I drive out of town, on the country roads, I am tailgated constantly. I am NOT a slow pokey driver, either.
I live on a bluff, above a 2 lane road which leads into town, and can hear clearly the cars and motorcycles barreling up and down that road. Occasionally I hear the crash and rollover, and call the police to report it.
In town, speed limit 45 mph on the 4 lane, and people somehow manage to run into one another.
But the deaths are almost always when a speeding car leaves the road and finds the nearest immovable object to run into, ejecting the driver.