Study finds U.S. lags in traffic safety
"In other words, other countries are taking this seriously -- and we're not. It's not just a governmental issue. It's cultural. Americans are simply much more likely to complain about getting a $40 speeding ticket from a camera -- even when those cameras give them a 12-mph cushion -- than they are about thousands of their fellow citizens dying on the road. Americans profess to oppose drunk driving but shy away from measures that would really crack down on offenders -- finding it too "harsh" to permanently revoke the license of a repeat offender." <a href="http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2010/11/study_finds_us_lags_in_traffic.html">http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2010/11/study_finds_us_lags_in_traffic.html</a>
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