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No, they're not intentional, they're accidents. And can be reduced by traffic laws and speed limits.

Suicides (that is, guns) are intentional.

Most car "accidents" are intentional - drivers are choosing to speed (35%), drive intoxicated (30%), or scroll tiktok (15%) rather than pay attention to the road.

Interesting, all those things could be prevented using modern tech? Eg eye tracking

(Not abruptly stopping the car because looking at TikTok, but ... Fines? Limiting speed? Withdrawn license, if repeated?)

And building more railways, subways! Also creates jobs.

Edit: From where did you get the numbers? I googled for "solo car crash reason statistics",

and sleepiness seemed to be one main reason (too?)

I just googled "car fatalities [alcohol/distracted]" etc, and found either NHTSA or California statistics. All of them could be prevented using modern tech, but considering that we can't even get speed cameras socially/legally accepted I don't see it happening. We just don't have a culture of caring about this stuff in the US, despite >40,000 people dying each year due to traffic fatalities.

[1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving [2] https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/speeding [3] https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving

Exactly. People rarely purposely kill themselves in their cars.

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