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Opening Arguments

Would you call this an epidemic?

Good lord, almost 43,500 deaths last year alone. Somebody call the CDC. Urge Congress to hold hearings. Get the lawyers together for a class-action suit. If somebody doesn't stop this, there'll be half a million dead in the next 10 years.

Oh, wait, it was just the highway death toll:

The fatality rate grew slightly to 1.47 deaths per 100 million miles traveled, an increase from 1.45 in 2004. That was the first increase since 1986.

Said Acting Transportation Secretary Maria Cino: "Motorcyclists need to wear their helmets, drivers need to buckle up, and all motorists need to stay sober."

Fifty-five% of the passenger vehicle occupants killed were not wearing seat belts.

Never mind.

Posted in: Current Affairs

Comments

Laura
Mon, 08/28/2006 - 2:06am

I don't see what the big deal is about wearing either. I wear both. If it wasn't for spouses and children of these people that are killed due to their own stupidity I would say no insurance benefit should be paid if it is determined their life could have been saved if they had worn the belt and helmet. That is why we have to have laws because people won't take responsibility for themselves and be accountable for their actions. Don't they know much of what they do affects others?

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