Traffic Fatalities Hit Record Low (National Review, 03.12.10)

Posted by hpayne on March 12, 2010

As with global warming, perpetuating Michael Crichton’s proverbial “state of fear” is crucial to advancing the public-safety lobby’s auto-regulatory state. Over the last 15 years, we’ve been told that:

– Ditching the federal 55-MPH speed limit would cause carnage.

– Increased sales of unstable, rollover-prone SUVs would cause carnage.

– Cell phone use in vehicles would cause carnage.
– And now that automakers’ conversion to electronic controls (like Toyota gas pedals) have caused carnage.

And as with global warming, facts keep getting in the way. . .

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