Why Are American Drivers So Deadly? After decades of declining fatality rates, dangerous driving has surged again. ( www.nytimes.com )
The cause was easy enough to identify: Data parsed by Kuhls and her colleagues showed that drivers were speeding more, on highways and on surface streets, and plowing through intersections with an alarming frequency. Conversely, seatbelt use was down, resulting in thousands of injuries to unrestrained drivers and passengers....
