Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Members of Congress Denied Access to Basic Information About NSA [View all]Lugal Zaggesi
(366 posts)15. 2,605 Americans died on 9/11
Since then, here are the deaths in car accidents each year:
2002 43,005
2003 42,884
2004 42,836
2005 43,510
2006 42,708
2007 41,259
2008 37,423
2009 33,883
2010 32,885
2011 32,367
2012 25,580 (first 9 mo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year
That's at least 418,340 Americans killed on the roads of America by bad drivers and unsafe SUV's and other vehicles, and doesn't even count the deaths so far in 2013.
Driving deaths are about 161 times more likely to kill an American (how many more "terrorist deaths" have there been since 9/11?)
Why not DECLARE WAR ON MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS ? Motor vehicles hate our Freedom to Live.
Is it too "intrusive" of Government to make large SUV bumpers a standard height, so they don't kill people in regular cars during collisions?
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
46 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Deception, Misdirection And Obfuscation All Around - A House Of Political Mirrors
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#2
Info denied to Grayson by a committee 'voice vote' that the ranking member didn't know about
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#7
The same thing happened when Congress "approved" the so-called "Bill to go to War with Iraq" in 2002
Lugal Zaggesi
Aug 2013
#11
No member can be sent to prison for what they say on the floor of the House or Senate.
24601
Aug 2013
#45
Republicans are mainly ignorant nutjobs. But here's the 29 Democratic Senators dumb enough to vote
Lugal Zaggesi
Aug 2013
#43
Do we really need any more proof that the shadow government runs this country?
olddad56
Aug 2013
#35