Skip to comments.
U.S. drunk driving deaths rise
Reuters ^
| 5/29/07
| Staff
Posted on 05/29/2007 11:22:46 AM PDT by Millee
WASHINGTON – Alcohol-related deaths on U.S. roads rose to their highest level in 14 years in 2006, while the overall number of people killed in traffic crashes declined slightly but still topped 43,000, according to preliminary government estimates Friday.
The Transportation Department said that drunken driving deaths rose 2.4 percent to 17,941 after a slight decline in 2005. It was the highest level since 1992 when 18,290 deaths were reported.
Alcohol-related fatalities accounted for 41 percent of all traffic deaths, which dropped less than 1 percent last year to 43,300. Annual auto deaths have hovered around 43,000 for the past five years.
The number of fatal crashes remained virtually unchanged at just over 39,000, and most victims, 55 percent, were not wearing seat belts, the government said.
More than 2.5 million people were hurt in auto crashes.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chappaquiddick; drowned; drunkdriving; dui; kennedy; kopechne; leavingscene; madd; manslaughter; obstructionofjustice; perjury
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-78 next last
More laws are obviously needed.
1
posted on
05/29/2007 11:22:49 AM PDT
by
Millee
To: Millee
2
posted on
05/29/2007 11:23:56 AM PDT
by
pnh102
To: Millee
17,941 !!
We need to pull out NOW.
3
posted on
05/29/2007 11:24:20 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Millee
What a coincedence, so is the illegal population - hmmmm
4
posted on
05/29/2007 11:24:46 AM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
To: Millee
I wonder how many posts it will take.
5
posted on
05/29/2007 11:24:49 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("Pearl Harbor is America's fault, right, Mommy?" - Ron Paul, age 6, 12/7/1941)
To: Millee
Note the use of alcohol-related and drunk. They are not interchangable
6
posted on
05/29/2007 11:25:27 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: wideawake
To: Millee
I wonder how many of these 39,000 crashes involved drivers using cell phones.
8
posted on
05/29/2007 11:25:37 AM PDT
by
Parmenio
To: wideawake
9
posted on
05/29/2007 11:26:16 AM PDT
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: Millee
It’s a hopeless quagmire. Set a time-table for a US pullout from the highways.
10
posted on
05/29/2007 11:26:23 AM PDT
by
TChris
(The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
To: Millee
11
posted on
05/29/2007 11:27:03 AM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
To: Millee
Alcohol-related fatalities accounted for 41 percent of all traffic deaths... Alcohol continues to be the most abused drug, and the most predictable accomplice to crime and death.
12
posted on
05/29/2007 11:27:47 AM PDT
by
TChris
(The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
It’s no coincidence. All you have to do is read the police records every day. The names tell the story.
13
posted on
05/29/2007 11:28:02 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Millee
How many due to illegals driving illegally?
14
posted on
05/29/2007 11:28:06 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
This thread is being hijacked. Remain in your seats. We are returning to the airport.
15
posted on
05/29/2007 11:28:19 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 2banana
Sorry /sar missing on post.
16
posted on
05/29/2007 11:29:57 AM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
To: wideawake
If you mean what I think, the answer is 11.
17
posted on
05/29/2007 11:30:21 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Millee
We have defined drunkeness down to 0.08%.
Wouldn't this by itself increase the apparent number of drunks, and hence the rate increases?
18
posted on
05/29/2007 11:30:32 AM PDT
by
drc43
(Defeat is within our grasp... Nancy Pelosi)
To: Millee
It actually took 4 posts - the post just before mine, in fact.
19
posted on
05/29/2007 11:30:43 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("Pearl Harbor is America's fault, right, Mommy?" - Ron Paul, age 6, 12/7/1941)
To: Millee
And if the nannies in government lower the DUI limit from the current .08 to .06, then the percentage of alcohol related accidents will increase even further.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-78 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson