We are already at the bottom of the slope when it comes to motor vehicle carnage. Reckless, careless or just plain idiot drivers are, by many measures, the single biggest threat that New Yorkers face on a daily basis, more dangerous than either street crime or terrorism. In 2004, there were
190,000 car crashes in New York City, a staggering 520 per day. In these crashes 287 motorists and 179 pedestrians were killed, and about 15,000 injured. And 2004 was a good year. Nationwide, about 45,000 Americans are killed in car wrecks annually, the equivalent of a couple of fully loaded jumbo jets going down each week.
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