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Imagine those numbers for any other thing. We'd have the military out on the streets to stop the slaughter, the HQs of those evil forces raided, their finances cutt of and their 'leaders' brought to a court of justice facing multiple life sentences.

You mean like opioid manufacturing and distribution or American food industry (disgusting, sorry)?

> 40,000 dead every single year in the USA, and over 2 million injured or disabled.

I wish this made the headlines more. But it doesn't because it isn't new, exciting or controversial :(

Maybe it needs a better name, like HeartBleed?

You forgot car culture's contribution to the obesity epidemic, climate change, etc.

So yeah. Let's reduce driving. Good call.

Right, but we don't encourage people to "drive fast, crash often," say.

Also "fake it till you make it" wouldn't work very well for driving either.

Actually yea, we should be doing absolutely everything possible to get cars off the road.

No, we implement seat belts, have safety regulations in cars, enforce driving limits, and prohibit driving under the influence.