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From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 10 Aug 2010 20:24
8,000/1 Killed in a Road Accident
Every year 1,500 car drivers and adult passengers die in road smashes,
while around 1,000 pedestrians and cyclists die in road accidents.
Worldwide, over 3,000 people are killed in road crashes daily.

9,300,000/1 Dying in Terrorist Attack
In 2005 there were 651 significant international terrorist attacks
worldwide, killing nearly 2,000 people.

http://www.waystodie.350.com/todie2.htm

Bicycle safety investment: Nearly nothing. Traffic safety: Nearly at
the bottom of the priorities.

Cost of the two wars: 1 trillion dollars. Something doesn't add up
here, right? (besides the number of 1,500 killed a year).


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"There are many dangers in the jungle, but some are preventable"

COMING OUT OF THE JUNGLE

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From: Mike on 10 Aug 2010 20:47
1,500? The number of Americans who died in 2009 was DOWN, to a bit under
42,000 from the prior ten year average of over 43,000, dummy.




"His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock"
<nolionnoproblem(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eddb2595-b60b-44e6-ac5d-ac1bc9618091(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> 8,000/1 Killed in a Road Accident
> Every year 1,500 car drivers and adult passengers die in road smashes,
> while around 1,000 pedestrians and cyclists die in road accidents.
> Worldwide, over 3,000 people are killed in road crashes daily.


From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock & the Stationary Bicycle t on 10 Aug 2010 22:56
On Aug 10, 5:47 pm, "Mike" <mikehu...(a)lycos.com> wrote:
> 1,500? The number of Americans who died in 2009 was DOWN, to a bit under
> 42,000 from the prior ten year average of over 43,000, dummy.
>
> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock"<nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:eddb2595-b60b-44e6-ac5d-ac1bc9618091(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > 8,000/1 Killed in a Road Accident
> > Every year 1,500 car drivers and adult passengers die in road smashes,
> > while around 1,000 pedestrians and cyclists die in road accidents.
> > Worldwide, over 3,000 people are killed in road crashes daily.

I'm quoting so I respect the number. I knew the numbers you provide.

Are we facing traffic safety in any significant way, though, other
than encouraging bigger SUVs?



From: dr_jeff on 11 Aug 2010 06:38
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
Tantra-Hammock wrote:
> 8,000/1 Killed in a Road Accident
> Every year 1,500 car drivers and adult passengers die in road smashes,
> while around 1,000 pedestrians and cyclists die in road accidents.
> Worldwide, over 3,000 people are killed in road crashes daily.
>
> 9,300,000/1 Dying in Terrorist Attack
> In 2005 there were 651 significant international terrorist attacks
> worldwide, killing nearly 2,000 people.
>
> http://www.waystodie.350.com/todie2.htm
>
> Bicycle safety investment: Nearly nothing. Traffic safety: Nearly at
> the bottom of the priorities.
>
> Cost of the two wars: 1 trillion dollars. Something doesn't add up
> here, right? (besides the number of 1,500 killed a year).

Millions of dollars are spent every year on polio vaccines despite that
fact that no one has died from polio in the US for around 30 years.

You're failing to include the lives saved by antiterrorism activities.

As far as your claiming that nothing is spent traffic safety, think of
the thousands of dollars every car has in safety equipment, like air
bags and antilock brakes, the billions spent traffic lights and other
traffic control devices, as well as emergency response vehicles,
equipment and personal, to make our roads safer. And they safer: fewer
people were killed last year in car crashes (around 35,000 in the US)
compared to around 50,000 in years past, despite the fact that there
were more miles driven than ever before.

Don't tell me we don't spend money on traffic safety.

Jeff
From: dr_jeff on 11 Aug 2010 06:42
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
Tantra-Hammock & the Stationary Bicycle to burn the calories wrote:
> On Aug 10, 5:47 pm, "Mike" <mikehu...(a)lycos.com> wrote:
>> 1,500? The number of Americans who died in 2009 was DOWN, to a bit under
>> 42,000 from the prior ten year average of over 43,000, dummy.
>>
>> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock"<nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:eddb2595-b60b-44e6-ac5d-ac1bc9618091(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> 8,000/1 Killed in a Road Accident
>>> Every year 1,500 car drivers and adult passengers die in road smashes,
>>> while around 1,000 pedestrians and cyclists die in road accidents.
>>> Worldwide, over 3,000 people are killed in road crashes daily.
>
> I'm quoting so I respect the number. I knew the numbers you provide.
>
> Are we facing traffic safety in any significant way, though, other
> than encouraging bigger SUVs?

Actually, the preliminary number is 33,963
(http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-12/news/bal-md.cm.traffic12mar12_1_traffic-fatalities-highway-deaths-traffic-deaths).

The sales of SUVs not very high, either. Actually, we're requiring
safety equipment, like air bags. And there are more fatalities per
million miles driven, in SUVs than cars.

Jeff
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