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In response to "But we have so many other things that people including kids get serious injuries and yet we focus on the thing that is only 800 per year...." by Walt_Disney

its 800 a year thankls to helmet ,laws. wjhat was it before? -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu) Dec 22 '08, 15:11

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Appears to be down from around 1,000 annually, but a couple of authors have hypothesized that drunk driver crackdowns were a big reason too. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:15
What were car accident deaths before cars, what were posionings before all the crap we keep under the sink? -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 22, 15:13 5
- check out stats for seat belts. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 15:16
- The more likely analogy would be, what were car accident deaths per capita prior to seat belt laws -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 15:15 3
  - I agree with seat belts....especially when you are doing 100 km on a highway and someone decides to talk on a cell phone and not pay attention. - Walt_Disney Dec 22, 15:21 1
    - kids ride bikes on those same streets. -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 15:26
  - (Populations have trended up, as accidental fatalities have trended down ... so numbers need to be massaged to provide the right perspective) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 15:16
I wonder if I should mandate helmets for ST posting? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 15:12

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