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"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message n.umich.edu... > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Garth Almgren wrote: > >> > I have looked online and sickened to see 40,000 plus people die every >> > year. thats over 400,000 people in 10 years! >> >> That's actually not much, given how much we Americans drive. The NHTSA's >> FARS front page places the fatality rate at 1.48 fatalities per >> 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled (2003), and that's the lowest it has >> been roughly since the advent of the automobile. > > ...nevertheless, despite all the baseless "We're number one!" > chestpounding, the US is only 10th-best and 16th-best in the world in > deaths per vehicle-distance travelled and per vehicle registered, > respectively (www.scienceservingsociety.com). > It's not like we are going to run out of people soon, though. heh heh Bernard |
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"Daniel J. Stern" wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Garth Almgren wrote: > > > > I have looked online and sickened to see 40,000 plus people die every > > > year. thats over 400,000 people in 10 years! > > > > That's actually not much, given how much we Americans drive. The NHTSA's > > FARS front page places the fatality rate at 1.48 fatalities per > > 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled (2003), and that's the lowest it has > > been roughly since the advent of the automobile. > > ...nevertheless, despite all the baseless "We're number one!" > chestpounding, the US is only 10th-best and 16th-best in the world in > deaths per vehicle-distance travelled and per vehicle registered, > respectively (www.scienceservingsociety.com). So you're saying that we need to kill more people? Can I pick? -- Cheers, Bev ************************************************ Horn broken. Watch for finger. |
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Paul. wrote: > > And how many more die each year from heart disease? Should we outlaw red > meat too? Something you need to come to grips with: we are all going to > die eventually. Death is on your calendar and you can't do a thing about > it. Reckless drivers don't merely kill themselves like meat-eaters do. They kill others. Reckless drivers should be compared to mass murderers like your heroes john wayne gacy and george walker bush. |
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Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote: > Paul. wrote: > > > > And how many more die each year from heart disease? Should we outlaw red > > meat too? Something you need to come to grips with: we are all going to > > die eventually. Death is on your calendar and you can't do a thing about > > it. > > Reckless drivers don't merely kill themselves like meat-eaters do. > They kill others. Reckless drivers should be compared to mass > murderers like your heroes john wayne gacy and george walker bush. So now you're calling Ted Kennedy a mass murderer? I'm sure your z^Hhero will be so disappointed. |
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, The Real Bev wrote:
> > ...nevertheless, despite all the baseless "We're number one!" > > chestpounding, the US is only 10th-best and 16th-best in the world in > > deaths per vehicle-distance travelled and per vehicle registered, > > respectively (www.scienceservingsociety.com). > > So you're saying that we need to kill more people? Er...no, it means 9 and 15 (respectively) other countries have lower highway kill rates than we do. |
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:04:20 -0700, "Bernard Farquart"
> wrote: > >"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message in.umich.edu... >> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Garth Almgren wrote: >> >>> > I have looked online and sickened to see 40,000 plus people die every >>> > year. thats over 400,000 people in 10 years! >>> >>> That's actually not much, given how much we Americans drive. The NHTSA's >>> FARS front page places the fatality rate at 1.48 fatalities per >>> 100,000,000 vehicle miles traveled (2003), and that's the lowest it has >>> been roughly since the advent of the automobile. >> >> ...nevertheless, despite all the baseless "We're number one!" >> chestpounding, the US is only 10th-best and 16th-best in the world in >> deaths per vehicle-distance travelled and per vehicle registered, >> respectively (www.scienceservingsociety.com). >> >It's not like we are going to run out of people soon, though. Thanks to the third world... |
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"Daniel J. Stern" wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, The Real Bev wrote: > > > > ...nevertheless, despite all the baseless "We're number one!" > > > chestpounding, the US is only 10th-best and 16th-best in the world in > > > deaths per vehicle-distance travelled and per vehicle registered, > > > respectively (www.scienceservingsociety.com). > > > > So you're saying that we need to kill more people? > > Er...no, it means 9 and 15 (respectively) other countries have lower > highway kill rates than we do. ****, now you tell me... -- Cheers, Bev ************************************************ Horn broken. Watch for finger. |
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Around 7/2/2005 12:16 PM, Aunt Judy (Pride of Diarrhea)
<http://tinyurl.com/65nqz> wrote: > Alex Rodriguez wrote: > >>In article .com>, says... >> >>>If we stopped coddling the highway terrorists, highway >>>deaths would go down by 90% overnight. >> >>Too bad you have no data to back up your stupid theories. > > > URACRIMINALCODDLER. Yet another example of one of your stupid unsupported theories. -- ~/Garth "I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it." - Edith Sitwell (Mail for secure contact information) |
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