Citation

Grossman AM. J. Traffic Med. 1981; 9(3): 41-42.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine)

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Abstract

Stating that Americans are being held hostage in automobiles, this article goes on to point out the various statistics on fatalities and injuries, concluding that we are facing a "disease" which can be medically diagnosed as "mobilopathy". Pointing out that historically diseases were eliminated by identifying the cause, vector, and disease, and providing treatment and prevention, it is stated that these things have now been scientifically established in the case of automobile accidents and that the "vaccine" now available for the prevention of death due to transportation is the implementation of better public transportation and safer, cleaner, efficient personal transportation vehicles, along with making streets and roads accident-proof.

Language: en

Keywords

Automobiles; Fatalities; Injuries; Prevention; Public transit; Safety; Statistics; Traffic safety; Traffic crashes