On 14 Apr 2005 19:11:52 -0700, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
> wrote:

>Not while we have 110 americans killed EVERY DAY on our highways. And
>thousands more injured. Terrorists are a microscopic problem compared
>to speeders.

Welll... you can't much do a lot about it - you can go as slow as you want, and
the death toll will still be unacceptable.

It is amazing that we put up with this, on an absolute scale. I mean, if there
_were_ terrorists taking down 110 Americans a day, there would be armed citizen
patrols, curfews, etc. But, we're just USED TO THIS.

Question: If there were a solution that would cut the carnage in half
_without_ slowing down commerce, how much would it be worth? If we could build
our way out of it at ($1 million per mile? $10 million per mile? $100 million
per mile) would we pay it? And how many thousands of miles would be required
to effect this halving of the death toll? Just the interstates? Prolly not.
Interstates, US higways, and State highways? Maybe.

Whats it worth, really?

Dave Head