…iirc, the statistic at the time(late '90s) was:
18 year old male with 1000cc+(maybe it was 900?) had a life expectency of about 9 months, i think. 
i’d believe it too.
the looser rules also reflect our drivers… sheer chaos like Mad Max '79.
i have (embarassingly) en®gaged in contact while in freeway motion (i.e. Nascar) & used a few of my lives in that day because of the minor damage/no injuries. 
it was either bump the offender or eat wall, spin, face 6 oncoming lanes, so audi met chevy. 
I summoned Obi Wan Kenobe & waved the dude off, even shook his hand after re-claiming my 
lane with absurd magical force.
same color cars hehe