Re: Not always joking, it seems

"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:fp7brf$ig9$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mike Schilling <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>> The only noteworthy thing about this latest shooting is how much
>>> news coverage it and similar shootings get.  About the same number
>>> of Americans are killed by cars in the average *hour*, and nobody
>>> carries on about that.
>
>> Yup, nobody cares, which is why seatbelts and airbags are mandatory,
>> and drunk driving has become a more and more serious crime
>
> I didn't say nobody cares; I said nobody carries on.  There are no
> strident editorials about how we have to make sure anyone with a
> criminal or mental health history can never get their hands on a car,
> or about how campuses should be instantly locked down whenever a
> pedestrian is struck.
>
> Seatbelts and airbags do nothing for the safety of anyone not
> in a car.

The modern 'jelly bean' fronts on cars are intended to reduce injuries 
and deaths in vehicle/pedestrian collisions. So are 'break-away' rear 
view mirrors and inset wipers. Cars rarely have hood ornaments or raised 
metal lettering now, and that's to reduce injuries in vehicle/pedestrian 
impacts as well.

> Drunk driving laws are still quite lenient

I agree.

>(see http://KeithLynch.net/bush.html).
 And about half of all traffic
> fatalities don't involve alcohol, anyway.

Karl Johanson