>> No wonder America has some of the worst accident figures in the world.
>>
ft> There are a lot of reasons that North America and the USA have bad
ft> accident statistics, but I really don't think that street racing is a
ft> significant statistic with regard thereto. Poor driving habits,
ft> less-than-stringent licensing procedures, the lack of regular
ft> retesting, enforcement authorities whose resources are stretched to
ft> the limit by government cutbacks, enforcement authorities who would
ft> rather make the sure money radar traps provide rather than actually
ft> targetting dangerous drivers, use of cell phones while driving,
ft> overcrowded roadways, road rage, etc, etc, etc.
I think the main one is that there is this Car Culture. One of the
fundamental liberties of US citizen. And as car culture makes me want
to VOMIT, can't we just abandon this theme? I am sure that we all agree
on one thing, that is that we won't ever agree?
Good light!
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