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Re:Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars by jimktrains2 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:13PM (#19971569)
> But given the number of vehicular deaths

Or we could spend a small fraction of the war on drugs on more traffic cops and save many more lives than the war on drugs has. Driving is extremely dangerous, and there is a significant number of people out there making it even more so by tailgating, suicide lane switches, and excessive speeding for the road conditions.

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Re:Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars by rootusrootus on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:55PM (#19971967)
With an average of one death per 100,000,000 miles traveled, I don't know if I'd rate driving as extremely dangerous.

Otherwise, I kinda agree. Eliminate drunk driving and make it so everyone is wearing a seatbelt, and the fatality rate would drop by half.

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Re:Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars by jimktrains2 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @02:29PM (#19973192)
It's not just deaths, but injuries and property damage.

Yes, driving has gotten much, much safer over the past few decades, but it's still the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis.

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