Bordeaux:
Perhaps it's down to the yanks outlook on life:
You fly singles over built up areas.
Your deaths on the road is (pro rata) nearly four times that of ours.
Your navy fly their helicopter approaches to ships from the stern (thus negating escape routes) we fly to the alongside.
Your EMS safety record is riddled with crashes and accidents but yet you do not change the culture.
You arm everyone to the teeth - men, women and children and then bitch and moan about high school shootings.
You invade third world countries losing thousands of troops and never learn. (Oooh that was a bit harsh - I'll withdraw that).
You kill criminals.
It's all about attitudes to life - or in your case the cessation of life, perhaps.