How many people in the USA have good driving records?
What is the likely a jet will fall out of the sky? More often than I have an accident with my car.
What is the likely a jet will fall out of the sky? More often than I have an accident with my car.
Pedestrian safety in the USA (click here)
In 2012, 4,743 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States, and another 76,000 pedestrians were injured. This averages to one crash-related pedestrian death every 2 hours, and a pedestrian injury every 7 minutes. Pedestrians are 1.5 times more likely than passenger vehicle occupants to be killed in a car crash on each trip.
Another kid dead from gun violence in the USA. What's the chance of that?
Jan. 12, 2016
By Christine Hauser
A photograph of Manal Abdelaziz taken at the store where he accidentally shot himself in Lumberton,N.C.
The 3-year-old (click here) was sitting on a stool behind the counter near the cash register while his father, the owner of a small convenience store in North Carolina, chatted with a customer on Sunday.
Suddenly a shot rang out, and the owner, Manal Abdelaziz, 56, turned and saw his son, Manal, lying on the floor.
Manal, who was nicknamed Cash, had found a 9-millimeter handgun that was kept in the store for protection, and fatally shot himself.
“All we heard is something happening, and I look: Oh my God, my son is on the floor,” Mr. Abdelaziz told a local television station, WMBF. They called 911. “Help comes, but it was late,” the store owner said. “It happened quick.”...
You know what really gets me angry? The way Republicans trivialize American deaths due to gun violence even when it is one of their own.
Another kid dead from gun violence in the USA. What's the chance of that?
By Christine Hauser
A photograph of Manal Abdelaziz taken at the store where he accidentally shot himself in Lumberton,N.C.
The 3-year-old (click here) was sitting on a stool behind the counter near the cash register while his father, the owner of a small convenience store in North Carolina, chatted with a customer on Sunday.
Suddenly a shot rang out, and the owner, Manal Abdelaziz, 56, turned and saw his son, Manal, lying on the floor.
Manal, who was nicknamed Cash, had found a 9-millimeter handgun that was kept in the store for protection, and fatally shot himself.
“All we heard is something happening, and I look: Oh my God, my son is on the floor,” Mr. Abdelaziz told a local television station, WMBF. They called 911. “Help comes, but it was late,” the store owner said. “It happened quick.”...
You know what really gets me angry? The way Republicans trivialize American deaths due to gun violence even when it is one of their own.
