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Originally posted by tbabe
On the roads in 2003 in the US
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...dc_2&printer=1
Why isnt this a national emergency? Is it just me, or is that a crazy number of people to be killed in one year. Thats like 117 people every day dying in car accidents. 3 soldiers die in Iraq getting the oil to fuel those cars and its huge front page news.
Crazy.
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Here's some interesting tidbits to stick in your pocket...
This week 46,000 people will die from aids
This week: 243 Women in the UK died from breast cancer.
This week: 18 people will die from falling down stairs.
This Week: 384,615 people will die from starvation
This week: 1,154 Russians will die drunk
This week: 48 american children will be killed by firearms
This week: 96 abused american children will die
This week: 5,769 Americans will die from being too fat
This week: 19,231 people will kill themselves
This week: 10,612 americans will die from cancer
This week: 143 infants will die
This week: 29 people will die falling asleep at the wheel
This week: .25 people will die from a vending machine falling on them
This week: 6 people will die from falling out of bed
Alot more to worry about than just car crashes you'd think...