Drunk driving in Italy ... new focus
Jul 30th, 2007, 04:21 AM
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Drunk driving in Italy ... new focus
See the New York Times of Monday, July 30
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/wo...html?ref=world
Article describes the new attention being given drinking and driving in Italy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/wo...html?ref=world
Article describes the new attention being given drinking and driving in Italy.
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You may find this artcle of interest too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6920720.stm
Jul 30th, 2007, 05:38 AM
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Some interesting numbers in the BBC article, hetismij.
Italian media reported 36 road accident deaths in a single weekend this July, many of them alcohol or drug related.
I found the numbers of cars in Italy (680 per 1000 residents) and in Rome (2.4 million for 2.5 million residents) pretty remarkable. Even more, this:
<<In Rome, the risk for pedestrians is one of the world's highest. More than eight per 1,000 are killed or hurt each year, a risk 10 times greater than in London and 20 times worse than in Paris. >>
But the reports from other counrties also are ... sobering.
Italian media reported 36 road accident deaths in a single weekend this July, many of them alcohol or drug related.
I found the numbers of cars in Italy (680 per 1000 residents) and in Rome (2.4 million for 2.5 million residents) pretty remarkable. Even more, this:
<<In Rome, the risk for pedestrians is one of the world's highest. More than eight per 1,000 are killed or hurt each year, a risk 10 times greater than in London and 20 times worse than in Paris. >>
But the reports from other counrties also are ... sobering.
