And yet, Americans have fewer accidents per mile than Europeans. This was true even 30 years ago, before the push against drunk driving.
Added: Actually, according to this (p 22), most of Europe has, over the course of the 21st century, overtaken America. Much of that is catching up to the American approach to drunk driving, but there are other things going on, since (as the chart says) America was ahead in 1970, before it became concerned with drunk driving. Anyhow, I doubt that rigorous license standards are new.
Europeans are more likely to live in cities. City traffic produces more accidents per mile.
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