Monday, November 5, 2007

Safer in Iraq than driving in US

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/drowsy_driving1/survey-distractive03/drowsy.htm

"NHTSA data indicate that in recent years there have been about 56,000 crashes annually in which driver drowsiness/fatigue was cited by police
Annual averages of roughly 40,000 nonfatal injuries and 1,550 fatalities result from these crashes. It is widely recognized that these statistics underreport the extent of these types of crashes. These statistics also do not deal with crashes caused by driver inattention, which is believed to be a larger problem."

Number of deaths in Iraq
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3847
http://icasualties.org/oif/
for a total of 961.75 /yr. in Iraq as compared to 1,550 right here at home.. Seems to me you'd be safer in Iraq.
That doesn't even include drunk drivers and etc..

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