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Traffic Fatalities Are a Choice
America’s roads are more dangerous than those of almost every country in the developed world. We know how to change that.
Many factors contribute to a deadlier environment: the increase in average car size and weight, smartphone use, and large population growth in metro areas with the highest per-capita pedestrian death rates in states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona. This wouldn’t necessarily mean a stall in progress — the Dutch method was also incremental — but factors within the American road system make tackling even the highest leverage changes challenging. The instances where road fatalities do reach media attention are more often when car companies are found at fault for flaws, such as the intense Congressional scrutiny over 19 deaths linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyotas.
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