Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Your parents always warned you to look both ways ...

So, you’re alone, depressed, in the house with a loaded gun (16,750 deaths in the U.S. by suicide with a firearm in 2004) and you decide to go for a walk or a jog to lift your sprits, maybe with a new tune from Radiohead on your iPod and you, or the driver you share the road with, fails to pay attention.

BOOM!

You’re one of 5,976 pedestrians who died in 2004, most as the result of being hit by a car, truck or van.

According to a recent article in the New York Times, road runner rage is on the rise. So, look out, especially between 6-9 pm, the deadliest time to be a U.S. pedestrian!

http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/health/nutrition/06fitness.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=sloginhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/health/nutrition/06fitness.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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