I don’t know about safer… perhaps the scale of injuries/fatality is not linear with population and usage. Also, it does not necessarily follow that the seemingly chaotic scene in the video I posted is the cause of the higher mortality rates. At any rate, I posted the video as a comment on Michael calling Carrol’s reference a myth (or some such word, I forget which). There is a particular logic and order to the way the traffic moves, which to an unfamiliar person might look scary, but how much generalisation that affords is questionable. The German right gets right of way rule (even against traffic proceeding straight) would make my hair stand on end if I ever had to drive there.
—ravi