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400, 000 dead!
400, 000 every year. The cause is not Terrorism, Wars in the Middle East, AIDS or giant Tsunami. The culprit is ... the car.
Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death in people ages 10 to 24 around the world -- a huge, overlooked and largely preventable public health problem, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
About 30 percent of all traffic deaths worldwide -- roughly 400,000 each year -- are of people younger than 25.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/a rticle/2007/04/19/AR2007041902409.html?hpid=mo reheadlines
Yet we are not really bothered are we?
Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death in people ages 10 to 24 around the world -- a huge, overlooked and largely preventable public health problem, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
About 30 percent of all traffic deaths worldwide -- roughly 400,000 each year -- are of people younger than 25.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/a rticle/2007/04/19/AR2007041902409.html?hpid=mo reheadlines
Yet we are not really bothered are we?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Erm, well yeah. If you look at places like India for example. Can you imagine roads like that in England?
If you looked at the statistics, (not meaning to sound cruel) but i bet at least 25% of the figures are from the less educated countries.
Also, over here i can go to certain areas where certain minoroties live and i can totally understand why there are accidents. they just walk out into the road.
The answer from the original question is Are we really bothered? I suspect the answer depends on how much you value your life...
If you looked at the statistics, (not meaning to sound cruel) but i bet at least 25% of the figures are from the less educated countries.
Also, over here i can go to certain areas where certain minoroties live and i can totally understand why there are accidents. they just walk out into the road.
The answer from the original question is Are we really bothered? I suspect the answer depends on how much you value your life...
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That poem posted by infundibulum is indeed by Ogden Nash, I also studied it at school. The title is "Beat that Light". I have been looking for the full text for ages, so thank you. Here is another of Nash's verses.
I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
In fact, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all!
I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
In fact, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all!
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