Crash-Proof Cars and Quicker Commutes
19th November 2008
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If a fully loaded commercial airliner crashed every single day, killing all passengers and crewmembers on board, how long would it take for dramatic safety improvements to be mandated? Traffic experts say the equivalent is happening on our nation’s roads, with 42,000 people dying every year in automobile accidents, an average of 115 each day.
Think of it as evolution in action.
Most of the people I know who’ve been in car accidents were run into by (uninsured, often unlicensed) drunk illegal immigrants. Not a word about that in the story, of course.