When will auto deaths/injuries be taken seriously?
The Press has editorialized often about the need to take drastic accidents to reduce the carnage on the highways. Despite all the safety improvements to cars and the sporadic campaigns to crack down on drunken driving, aggressive driving and people who refuse to wear seat belts, the number of auto deaths in New Jersey and elsewhere remains stubbornly high. Last year, 770 people died on New Jersey roadways, a 10 percent increase over 2005.
The number of annual deaths has been between 700 and 800 for the past 12 years. Ten times more people died on U.S. highways last year than Americans killed in combat in Iraq since the war started.
But the fatality statistics only tell part of the story. In New Jersey alone, more than 70,000 people are injured in auto accidents each year. More than 1 million people have been injured since 1992.
How can we allow this to happen?
The number of annual deaths has been between 700 and 800 for the past 12 years. Ten times more people died on U.S. highways last year than Americans killed in combat in Iraq since the war started.
But the fatality statistics only tell part of the story. In New Jersey alone, more than 70,000 people are injured in auto accidents each year. More than 1 million people have been injured since 1992.
How can we allow this to happen?
posted by Randy Bergmann at 11:11 AM
2 Comments:
Where are the state troopers?I travel these roads daily observing what you have described and you can add cell phones to the list.Seldom are the troopers visable besides hiding in places known well to any daily driver.Its time they patrolled the roads!
Newspapers spend most of their efforts attacking safe nuclear power, law-abiding citizens who own guns, people trying to execute brutal murderers, people who make legal campaign contributions, the American troops protecting us in the war against terrorism, and other personal bogeymen while they generally ignore what really kills people. Then they wonder why more isn't done about the things that they generally ignore. Of course the ultimate irony is that many of the things and people that they attack are actually saving lives. It is a good thing that people who write for newspapers didn't try to become rocket scientists.
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