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Cheap gas = more driving = more fatalities. But they're still way down compared to previous decades, due to improvements in vehicle construction and safety.
On Labor Day back in 1964 a radio station I listened to in Tucson AZ cheerfully kept track of the nation's auto fatalities over the three day weekend. They did it as a "service" to the driving public, but the djs got a little too gleeful as the carnage mounted and we're downright giddy when whole families were killed. Over 45,000 died in auto accidents that year, with far fewer cars on the road than today.
"Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year, according to the journal's publisher, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society."
"If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone," said University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer. "It's like instantly aging a large number of drivers."
On Labor Day back in 1964 a radio station I listened to in Tucson AZ cheerfully kept track of the nation's auto fatalities over the three day weekend. They did it as a "service" to the driving public, but the djs got a little too gleeful as the carnage mounted and we're downright giddy when whole families were killed. Over 45,000 died in auto accidents that year, with far fewer cars on the road than today.
The biggest drop occurred when the speed limit was reduced to55mph nationwide.
This increase from 2014 to 2015 is the highest percent increase since 1946. Yep, more drivers and more miles yet much lower percentage of fatalities than in the 1960's ( highest ever was in 1969) or in the 1920's or '40's.
On one hand, the organizations that reduce traffic deaths ( or claim) will never cease. Raw numbers are down 20,000 fatalities since the '60's but they will always seek more money to do more. If the speed limits were nationally lowered again, fatalities would drop to record lows.
With the amount of drivers, U.S. does better than any other country, by per capita, with as many miles as we drive.
Should be a felony to use a cell phone while driving. Just as dangerous as drinking and driving.
The problem is jobs- kids do text and they first to have an accident- but many jobs require you to be on the phone- my son is a cable Tech- always texting or actually has a lap top mounted on the dash just as a policeman- I see all types of NEW vehicles have Facebook mounted on the dash WTH?? my sis is in real estate always squinting to see, but 24-7 texting clients- I come to a stop sign might then, but I don't even like to answer the phone when driving or shopping for that matter - but I am 63-- this is the new world-- they gotta to figure it out- and road rage well -- we let the politicians act like azzes on TV - so do not expect less from the population- especially the young people. Mess flows downhill-I lost a son to a stupid driver - so I have no love for arrogant idiot selfish drivers who think they are only ones on the road-
unfortunately they usually walk away unscathed and kill everyone else.
The biggest drop occurred when the speed limit was reduced to55mph nationwide.
There was also a massive gasoline shortage/crisis in effect and people drove fewer miles. The reduction is essentially invisible when looking at the deaths per miles driven rate.
There was also a massive gasoline shortage/crisis in effect and people drove fewer miles. The reduction is essentially invisible when looking at the deaths per miles driven rate.
There is no way to analyze miles driven per driver. Accidents = yes, total drivers= yes, but total miles driven? How are you gathering that statistic?
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my sis is in real estate always squinting to see, but 24-7 texting clients-
I come to a stop sign might then, but I don't even like to answer the phone when driving or shopping for that matter -
but I am 63-- this is the new world-- they gotta to figure it out- and road rage well -- we let the politicians act like azzes on TV - so do not expect less from the population- especially the young people. Mess flows downhill-I lost a son to a stupid driver - so I have no love for arrogant idiot selfish drivers who think they are only ones on the road-
