> Osborne said the vast majority of projects funded by U.S. DOT have focused on making America's roads faster and more efficient, not safer.<p>Pretty much this is the cause (alongside the steady increase in SUV use). We need the opposite trend and slow traffic to induce a reduction in injuries and deaths.
I wonder how much of the increase in fatal accidents is due to the increase in mobile phone use by drivers. The improvements in SS4A do not seem to address this.