Now you see how easy it is to reduce the incredible highway carnage. This
is equivalent to preventing two or three 911 attacks every year!! And you
can bet the boobus americanus doesn't give a damn.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25801898/
Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
As economy slumps, people are venturing out less
updated 3:41 p.m. MT, Tues., July. 22, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at
least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are
plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades
ago.
Researchers with the National Safety Council report a 9 percent drop in
motor vehicle deaths overall through May compared with the first five
months of 2007, including a drop of 18 percent in March and 14 percent in
April.
Preliminary figures obtained by The Associated Press show that some
states have reported declines of 20 percent or more. Thirty-one states
have seen declines of at least 10 percent, and eight states have reported
an increase, according to the council.
