Scary Death Stats
Sep 24th 2007, 7:52 pm
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Scary Death Stats
Read some Stats today...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide..
Article 17,000 murders
The number of Deaths on US roads in 2005 was about 44,000, about 119 per day. 36% of so are teens
In the U.S. during 2004, 4,767 teens ages 16 to 19 died of injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes. During 2005, nearly 400,000 motor vehicle occupants in this age group sustained nonfatal injuries severe enough to require treatment in an emergency department (CDC 2006).
Don't know why I felt compelled to post but somethings been bugging me lately about where we as a society put our priorities.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide..
Article 17,000 murders
The number of Deaths on US roads in 2005 was about 44,000, about 119 per day. 36% of so are teens
In the U.S. during 2004, 4,767 teens ages 16 to 19 died of injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes. During 2005, nearly 400,000 motor vehicle occupants in this age group sustained nonfatal injuries severe enough to require treatment in an emergency department (CDC 2006).
Don't know why I felt compelled to post but somethings been bugging me lately about where we as a society put our priorities.
Sep 24th 2007, 9:48 pm
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Re: Scary Death Stats
Read some Stats today...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide..
Article 17,000 murders
The number of Deaths on US roads in 2005 was about 44,000, about 119 per day. 36% of so are teens
In the U.S. during 2004, 4,767 teens ages 16 to 19 died of injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes. During 2005, nearly 400,000 motor vehicle occupants in this age group sustained nonfatal injuries severe enough to require treatment in an emergency department (CDC 2006).
Don't know why I felt compelled to post but somethings been bugging me lately about where we as a society put our priorities.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide..
Article 17,000 murders
The number of Deaths on US roads in 2005 was about 44,000, about 119 per day. 36% of so are teens
In the U.S. during 2004, 4,767 teens ages 16 to 19 died of injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes. During 2005, nearly 400,000 motor vehicle occupants in this age group sustained nonfatal injuries severe enough to require treatment in an emergency department (CDC 2006).
Don't know why I felt compelled to post but somethings been bugging me lately about where we as a society put our priorities.
Sep 24th 2007, 10:14 pm
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Re: Scary Death Stats
So I think we can have overreaction to death, but the number need not be so relatively high. Just find a profit motive in it for someone and they'll pursue it further death.
Sep 24th 2007, 10:33 pm
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I must say it's terribly sad and frightening about the teen car accidents, almost everyone seems to know a person from their school who died in one. The driving test should be a lot stricter here.
Sep 24th 2007, 10:42 pm
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Sep 24th 2007, 11:01 pm
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And perhaps power/speed limitations on the cars they drive; a member of my wife's family has just past her test at 17, and for her 17th birthday got a BMW, the same BMW one of her friends nearly killed herself in running a stop sign at 80mph.
Sep 24th 2007, 11:11 pm
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Sep 24th 2007, 11:12 pm
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Sep 25th 2007, 12:29 am
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This country has gone to the dogs - I'm emigrating to Australia where there's no crime, no immigrants, no "PC gone mad" and we can spend all our time on the beach or having BBQs in our two acre back garden.
Sep 25th 2007, 1:50 am
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I think unfortunately teens will always think themselves invincible to a certain degree. A boy here is being tried because two of his friends died in the car he was driving - and to be honest, I'm not sure that's the solution either - is it really going to prevent reckless driving in the future? Maybe, I guess that's the intent, but I doubt it.
Equally to blame are the many adult idiot drivers who drive who and dangerously on the roads.
Equally to blame are the many adult idiot drivers who drive who and dangerously on the roads.
Sep 25th 2007, 2:28 am
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My mum bought me a car .... best dinky toy I ever had ....
Sep 25th 2007, 3:58 am
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