Well Duh! W.H.O. Finally Comes To The Realization That Traffic Can Be Deadly

A vast majority of the world’s countries — 85 percent — lack adequate laws to address the growing problem of traffic deaths and injuries, according to the World Health Organization’s first global report on road safety, released Monday.

Traffic injuries are the ninth leading cause of death worldwide, and public health experts say that without intervention they will rise to fifth within 20 years, surpassing AIDS and tuberculosis.

“In many countries, the laws needed to protect people are either not there or are too limited in scope,” said Dr. Margaret Chan, the health organization’s director general, as she announced the findings on Monday in New York. “Even when the legislation is adequate, the problem we have is enforcement.”

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Joe_Limon - 6/16/2009 2:53:18 PM

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Noooo! don't go enforcing rules onto those drivers. The last thing we need is a world full of prius drivers scared of the consequences of half throttle.

Agent00R - 6/16/2009 4:52:03 PM

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What happened to Darwinism?

XYZZ - 6/18/2009 3:39:49 AM

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Darwinism is alive and working in the auto manufacturing sector.

we just need to allow it to work on the roads too. hooligans NEED to go extinct. (also alleviates the overpopulation/pollution/global warming problems.)

SteedPub - 6/16/2009 6:26:01 PM

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I now expect The Messiah to raise taxes on driving to level the playing field.

LexSucks - 6/17/2009 1:36:24 PM

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Anyone whe refers to Obama as the "Messiah" is showing bitterness. LOL!!

Would you have preferred McCain/Palin? LOL!!!

kees - 6/17/2009 5:50:54 AM

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Even if you're minding your own business, you are not safe. Planes can crash on to you!
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2009/06/12/bizar-vliegtuig-crasht-tegen-auto