<VV> NHTSA 2004 no real Corvair

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

NHTSA 2004 national Traffic Fatalities 42,636 reported as Traffic 
crash victims. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
then go to "research".

Chuck Armer

ps. In 2000 the "Cost" including human lives was $230.6 BILLION so 
you do the math and figure how
many dollars each life was worth which of course doesn't measure the 
real losses to family and community.
As I said originally "and the beat goes on and on"

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At 11:36 PM 4/16/2006, frank DuVal wrote:

>The market would have never asked for the saftey features, that are 
>now mandated, in great numbers. I can see there is a cost for these 
>saftey features. I am not pleased with the cost of new cars or the 
>fact  that I can not buy a new car comparable to my 1969 Subaru 360. 
>But then again I'm not sure I want my 16 year old daughter to drive 
>the Subaru until she gets more experience out on the road.
>
>Is the cost worth the lives saved? What is a human life worth? Yours 
>for instance. Or a close family member.
>
>How many lives? Back in the 1960's I recall automobile death totals 
>being over 50,000 people per year. Now there are a lot more drivers 
>in this country (possibly double or more) and a lot more miles 
>driven (again double or more per driver per year). So the death rate 
>per mile is probably a fourth or less of the rate in the 60's. That 
>is 160,000 people per year still alive compared to the 60's rate. 
>These numbers do need to be researched to make sure they are 
>reasonable, as they sound farfetched even to me. But the point is 
>made, we are not saving just 10,000 people per year.

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