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STAT Germany United States HISTORY
Cars > Hybrid vehicles 21,438
Ranked 6th.
434,498
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Germany

Cars > Hybrid vehicles per million people 261.79
Ranked 6th.
1,384.13
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Germany

Expressway length 12,800 km
Ranked 6th.
76,334 km
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Germany
Length of motorways per capita 42.71 mm
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than United States
10.21 mm
Ranked 36th.
Motor vehicles per 1000 people 572
Ranked 21st.
797
Ranked 3rd. 39% more than Germany
Motorway density 35.98 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than United States
7.79 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 18th.
Motorway length 12,845 km
Ranked 4th.
75,008 km
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Germany
Motorway length per capita 159.4 mm
Ranked 12th.
253.05 mm
Ranked 4th. 59% more than Germany
Public road per capita 7.82 m
Ranked 20th.
21.69 m
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Germany
Radar detector legality Legal to own, illegal to use in a moving vehicle Law varies from state to state, but detectors are generally legal in private vehicles under the Communications Act of 1934 and illegal in commercial vehicles by DOT regulation ( 49 CFR 392.71 ). Exceptions:
Road density 1,805 m of road per square km
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than United States
668 m of road per square km
Ranked 19th.
Road fatalities per 1 billion km driven 5.18
Ranked 9th.
6.87
Ranked 6th. 33% more than Germany

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and); Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways.; Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicles per capita; Wikipedia: List of OECD countries by road network size (Motorway network) ("Selected year 2006 road traffic data" . OECD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD).); Wikipedia: Radar detector (Legality) ("Radar Speed Trap Warning Apparatus (Licence)" . Hansard . 1967-03-02 . Retrieved 2010-04-25 . "a pocket-sized instrument is being produced by Marchant House Limited of New Street, Oadby, Leicester, to be used in motor vehicles to give instant warning of a police radar speed trap ... Anyone wishing to use this type of apparatus would require a licence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949. The firm in question has recently been informed that I am not prepared to issue a licence for such purposes"); Wikipedia: Autobahn (Safety: international comparison) (http://www.bast.de (December 2012). "International Traffic and Accident Data: Selected Risk Values for the Year 2010" (PDF). Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (Federal Highway Research Institute) . Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen . Retrieved 2013-09-10. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2011/2_intro.cfm)

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