Figures don't lie, but liars figure

[unixronin]

Interesting, if brief, reading on highway speed limits from the WSJ:

We now have 10 years of evidence proving that the only "assault" was on the sanctity of the truth.  The nearby table shows that the death, injury and crash rates have fallen sharply since 1995.  Per mile traveled, there were about 5,000 fewer deaths and almost one million fewer injuries in 2005 than in the mid-1990s.  This is all the more remarkable given that a dozen years ago Americans lacked today's distraction of driving while also talking on their cell phones.

(Emphasis mine.)

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Re: Slightly Off-Topic Rant

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

The SGV are evil-doers doing evil, while drunken idiots in cars are just folks, dontcha know?

(George W Bush has a history of DUI infractions; 40 years ago our First Lady actually killed a fellow teen when she ran a stop sign at 50 miles an hour.)