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> I suspect most of the increase in pedestrian fatalities is from pedestrians and drivers staring at their phone instead of where they are going

Seatbelt and airbag regulations were fought on the grounds that bad drivers killed people, not good drivers. It was the drivers responsibility to be safe. Since airbags and sest belts have become important safety features, hundreds of thousands lives have been saved in the United States alone.



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