Washington Post: Traffic Deaths a Global Scourge, Health Agency Says

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"Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death in people ages 10 to 24 around the world -- a huge, overlooked and largely preventable public health problem, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

In a new report, the organization promoted a long list of suggestions to developing countries, where most of the deaths and disabling injuries occur. The improvements include safer roads and vehicles, better urban planning, helmet laws, prosecution of speeders and drunken drivers, better education of the driving and walking public, and simple interventions such as putting reflective tape on backpacks."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902409_pf.html

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