Rich, You're absolutely correct. I realize that I hadn't considered some important facts concerning my statement.
I) The Safety expert I was quoting was the head of the national automobile safety commission, or some such body, from I think either Holland or Sweden. It's been too long now since I watched the presentation. So I imagine he was using data collected in either Europe or even his own country specifically, and it wouldn't necessarily be accurate for the U.S. 2) Also, it was back in the mid nineties when I saw this, and the trend even here in the states was not decreasing substantially at that time, certainly not like it should have been with all the safety innovations added to cars in the previous decades. I believe the basic principal he was illustrating, that just because the equipment you are operating is designed with safety features, does not mean it will save you from stupidity. I certainly can not count the number of times I have seen some idiot after a car crash complaining that they don't understand how they hit the person they were tailgating at 50 mph in the rain, when they have anti-lock breaks. Those are the people that need the airbags and all the other passive safety devices, because they haven't learned safe operations. Todd In a message dated 1/21/2011 4:03:08 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, hart...@charter.net writes: "However, the percentage of deaths per mile driven happening because of vehicle accidents has remained fairly constant over the years." Todd, the automobile safety guy who gave you this information was way off base. Deaths per mile driven have decreased greatly over the years and the trend continues. Safety engineering in cars is one of several reasons.
