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I just looked it up - in 2005 there were 43,443 traffic deaths (down from the highest year, 1988, when there were 47,087 deaths) of which 39% or 16,885 were alcohol related (down from the highest year, 1982, when 60% of all traffic fatalaties were alcohol related. (!)
Our cars are safer and we are learning how to be better drunk drivers.
Pat
BTW - I missed the part in the first post where the cops need to prove that the serial numbers have been altered or are missing - that changes everything, IMO....
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