Re: AAA Study: Cost of Crashes Tops $164.2 Billion Each Year
- From: "John B." <jlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:01:22 -0400
"gpsman" <gpsman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Nearly 43,000 people die on the nation's roadways each year," said
Darbelnet. "Yet, the annual tally of motor vehicle-related fatalities
barely registers as a blip in most people's minds. It's time for motor
vehicle crashes to be viewed as the public health threat they are. If
there were two jumbo jets crashing every week, the government would
ground all planes until we fixed the problem. Yet, we've come to
accept this sort of death toll with car crashes."
So very true. 43,000 people per year averages out to be around 830 each
week and 118 daily. That's over a hundred deaths spread out all across the
country and usually with one or two at each scene. Notice how a crash that
kills 8 makes national news, but 8 crashes that kill 1 each don't? Same
number of deaths, they're just scattered out and not as "spectacular" as one
massive crash killing that many.
John B.
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