Originally Posted by chipcom
The perception is that the roads are dangerous, out-of-control killing fields and walking or being on a bicycle just makes some feel more vulnerable because they don't have that protection of a steel cage around them.
Sounds about right to me.
40K roadway deaths per year is nothing to sneeze at. Certainly, motorists are largely responsible, albeit conversely, largely the victims, as well.
New EPA regulations aimed at reducing arsenic in drinking water will likely cost billions to implement nationally but will save less than 100 people per year by EPA's own calculations.
