[68skylark]

While the information in this article is good, I dont care for the cavalier tone -- as if 48,000 deaths is no big deal at all.

Actually, I'm really glad to see an article on this topic. Just think about all that's been written about terrorism since 9/11, compared to the articles on traffic deaths. It's odd how one topic looms so large in our minds and the other gets such little press. In fact, lots of people got so scared to fly after 9/11 that they decided to drive more instead of flying -- how smart is that?!

I remember driving a 2-lane rural highway at night in late 2001 and listening to a dumb radio report trying to get listeners worked up about their risk from an anthrax attack. At that time another driver came across the center line at me. Luckily he turned away from me and there was no collision. It got me thinking about how for every one foreign terrorist who wants to kill Americans, there are hundreds of thousands of home-grown drunks on the road who do that job far more effectively.

[Badray]

If this is true:

". . .I dont care for the cavalier tone"

You're gonna hate this:

If half (it isn't. it's more like 1/3) of road deaths are alcohol related, that means half (or more) are due to stupid sober drivers. Are you any less dead because you are killed by a stupid sober driver?

[Old Professer]

The scary thing is that dead sober drivers now outnumber dead drunk drivers.