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<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Sorry if I
sound a little morbid. </FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Does anyone
remember when they used to count traffic deaths on holiday
weekends?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>They haven't
done it in ages, probably because drunken driving is way down from the 60s &
70s, thanks in part to organizations like MADD, public awareness, and
changes in the laws. Also traffic fatalities in general are down because
of seatbelts and airbags.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In any case,
back then, a big topic in the news over holiday weekends was a running
count of how many traffic fatalities there were so far, and
predictions as to high the count was going to go. 500 was common. Do
you guys remember this?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Anyway, MAD
magazine (what me worry) once did a parody of this where they had a Jerry Lewis
type telethon begging people to contribute to the cause (the
death count). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>The reason
this comes to mind is that the way the news media keep focusing on how many
casualties there have been in South Asia, and how many there might be, reminds
me of those counts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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