Citation

Evans L. Am. J. Public Health 2003; 93(9): 1384-1386.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1384

PMID

14759918

PMCID

PMC1448218

Abstract

Although the tragic events of September 11, 2001, are indelibly burnished into America’s consciousness, the equally tragic events of October 2001, November 2001, December 2001, January 2002, and all subsequent months attract little public note. In a typical month, more Americans are killed on our roads than were killed by the terrorists,

If we could stimulate new approaches to the problems of risk in road traffic as we did about airline security after 9/11, every year we could save many times more lives than were lost that day. This can be achieved with far less reduction of mobility, convenience, freedom, or civil rights than was produced by our ongoing response to 9/11....