According to Department of Transportation highway fatality data, our national highways are getting more dangerous every day. Did you realize that 42,643 people died in traffic accidents in 2003? That is an increase of 1032 deaths compared to 1999. In the District of Columbia alone, traffic fatalies increased by nearly 50% over the previous year. And SUV rollover fatalies increased 6.8 percent, from 2,471 to 2,639.
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