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.
