In the 1920's Isadora Duncan was a famous dancer. One day she was riding in a car with an open top. She was wearing a long scarf that got caught in one of the car's rear wheels. As the wheel continued turning, it wrapped up her scarf and broke her neck.
You have a one-in-50-million chance of being killed in your car per mile. That means if you spend 20,000 miles in a car during the next year, your chances of dying in it are one in 2500.
Driving along at 55 miles per hour, if you have to slam on the brakes, your car will continue 56 feet between the time you decide to put on the brakes, and the time you get your foot on the brake pedal.
If you are involved in a car accident, your chance of getting hurt are only one out of ten.
If you have an accident on a motorcycle, your chances of getting hurt are nine out of ten.
More people in the United States have died in car accidents than the total of all American soldiers who have died in wars since 1776.
