Traffic death Stats from AP
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Road Master
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Traffic death Stats from AP
WASHINGTON - Traffic deaths last year reached the highest level since 1990, propelled by an increase in motorcycle and pedestrian fatalities. And the overall fatality rate was up for the first time in 20 years.
Motorcyclists’ deaths rose for an eighth straight year, the government said. Nearly half the riders were not wearing helmets.
Some 43,443 people were killed on the highways last year, up 1.4 percent from 42,836 in 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday. It was the highest number in a single year since 1990, when 44,599 people were killed.
Motorcyclists’ deaths rose for an eighth straight year, the government said. Nearly half the riders were not wearing helmets.
Some 43,443 people were killed on the highways last year, up 1.4 percent from 42,836 in 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday. It was the highest number in a single year since 1990, when 44,599 people were killed.
Road Captain
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From: Connecticut
RE: Traffic death Stats from AP
Not good statistics.... I get stares from my wife every time the TV News runs a story of a biker fatality. I also know that people are killed in car accidents, falls, etc...., as does she, nevertheless, she is concerned. Don't blame her though. I sometimes get concerned by the way some 'cagers' appear, at times, to do whatever thay can do to 'get ahead of you, cut you off, turn in front of you..and the list goes on!
Tourer
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From: Sooner Central
RE: Traffic death Stats from AP
ORIGINAL: WillieC
WASHINGTON - Traffic deaths last year reached the highest level since 1990, propelled by an increase in motorcycle and pedestrian fatalities. And the overall fatality rate was up for the first time in 20 years.
Motorcyclists’ deaths rose for an eighth straight year, the government said. Nearly half the riders were not wearing helmets.
Some 43,443 people were killed on the highways last year, up 1.4 percent from 42,836 in 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday. It was the highest number in a single year since 1990, when 44,599 people were killed.
WASHINGTON - Traffic deaths last year reached the highest level since 1990, propelled by an increase in motorcycle and pedestrian fatalities. And the overall fatality rate was up for the first time in 20 years.
Motorcyclists’ deaths rose for an eighth straight year, the government said. Nearly half the riders were not wearing helmets.
Some 43,443 people were killed on the highways last year, up 1.4 percent from 42,836 in 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday. It was the highest number in a single year since 1990, when 44,599 people were killed.
My guess is that the reporter grabbed the most sensational figures to satisfy an editor, a deadline or sell more papers rather that do a boring article that has enough depth to show the actual significance of the numbers.
Call me cynical, but I bet the same papers that print this article also report in the business section the MoCo's umpteenth consecutive quarter of record sales.
Without explaining the statistics' relationship to reality, the article is nothing more than sensationalist fluff. Someone once said, "There are lies, damn lies and statistics"
Road Warrior
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RE: Traffic death Stats from AP
They simply printed what the NHTSA gave them. You see the same thing with second hand smoke issues and anything else that is in vogue with the "put me in a rubber room so I don't get hurt" crowd.
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