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In 2005, 43,200 people died on American highways. (John Crawley, "U.S. traffic deaths hit 15-year high in 2005," Reuters, April 20, 2006.)
If we were fighting a war in which 40,000 people died every year and it had gone on that way for the past 20 years, wouldn't you join the anti-war movement?
And this is a war in which the victims are children, teenagers, elderly people, adults in their prime. Men and women in equal numbers. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people from 4 through 33 years old.
I find this a rather flabbergasting thought. The whole article really makes one think about the state of cars in general, and really how much they make our lives less convenient. It's here for those interested.
If we were fighting a war in which 40,000 people died every year and it had gone on that way for the past 20 years, wouldn't you join the anti-war movement?
And this is a war in which the victims are children, teenagers, elderly people, adults in their prime. Men and women in equal numbers. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people from 4 through 33 years old.
I find this a rather flabbergasting thought. The whole article really makes one think about the state of cars in general, and really how much they make our lives less convenient. It's here for those interested.
