I ask myself the same question, and I BELIEVE, without proof, that today's motorists are less attentive, less cautious, less courteous, and more isolated from the driving experience than in years past. Add to this the increase in typical speed limits and road design speeds between intersections and growing frustration over congestion at intersections, and you have a recipe for increasing, rather than decreasing, pedestrian and bicyclist mortality rates, even as airbag and vehicle design technology save more vehicle occupants every year.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069