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Originally Posted by pylon
Although I agree 100% with the proposed distraction law, and am 100% against impaired driving, I can assure you that a very, very large portion of those reduced deaths are related to the 5 fold improved saftey and crash survivability of modern automobiles.
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True enough, that would definitely be a big factor.
Considering that, the more relevant numbers from the same report are that in 1982, 60% (2501/4169) of fatalities involved alcohol. In 2007 it was 38.1% (1054/2767).