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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by venomsnake on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @05:41AM (#12965908)
Don't forget that cars get progressively safer with each passing year.

So and uptick could actually mean quite a spike if you normalize.

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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by zaroth on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @06:28AM (#12966109)
Great point - so is it possible the fleet as a whole got less safe last year? Or less more safe than usual?

My recollection is that car buying is doing just fine lately so I doubt it, but would have been a good point to make in TFA instead of another anecdote.

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