If the automobile were invented today, it probably would not be allowed on public roads: A century of death and suffering caused by cars and trucks is comparable to the carnage of the world's wars; There are still about one million deaths and 50 million injuries per year worldwide; While the U.S. death rate has shrunk to below 34,000 from above 42,000 per year still crashes in the U.S. exceed 6 million a year with more than 3 million injuries and many expensive hospitalizations; Cost of crashes to the U.S. economy is more than $230 billion per year and consumes a greater share of national health care costs than any other cause of illness or injury.
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