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To: Win Smith who wrote (4584)	10/12/2001 3:03:52 PM
From: Jill	Respond to of 281500

There are ways to minimize risk in cars. You can drive carefully (rather than speed), especially in bad weather. You can be a defensive driver, stay in the right lane on highways, etc. You can make sure to pause before a light turns green and look both ways (to avoid some nutcase who is running a red light). Many car accidents come from drivers who themselves are drunk, or speeding, or driving carelessly in bad weather (last winter, during our horrible sleet storms here, I'd drive at night on the Sawmill River Parkway and see one car after another stranded, or in accidents, because they hadn't slowed down enough. I.E. 15-20 mph on the highway). The responses to my comments have a shrug of learned helplessness to them. There is much one can do, as a proactive individual, to minimize risk.

To: Win Smith who wrote (4584)	10/12/2001 4:41:50 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I minimize my risk of traffic-related accidents by being a good driver, keeping my well built car in excellent shape, testing the ability of my driving and vehicle from time to time in safe locations, avoiding certain traffic situations, etc. That's preventative. Many people do this to some degree, whether they are aware of it or not. If they didn't, far more than 40,000 would die annually. Lets hear from residents of Israel about what precautions they take. They've had close to a half-century of experience in this. Clearly they do not act as we do in our society. How many US banks have you been in where patrons carry machine guns? How many homes here have shelters and gas masks vs there? Then we ask ourselves "Do we want this?". The answer, "No" I am sure. But how to change the outcome...