It always puzzles me that there's so much apparent interest in odd, freakish deaths, or deaths on public transport, but so little attention goes to run-of-the-mill road deaths. Not long ago, I heard a traffic news reporter say breezily, "The air ambulances are just taking off, so things should be getting back to normal any time." Can you imagine that in coverage of a plane or train crash? I guess we're all in some kind of collective denial because it really *could* be us.
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Date: 2008-08-22 05:49 pm (UTC)It always puzzles me that there's so much apparent interest in odd, freakish deaths, or deaths on public transport, but so little attention goes to run-of-the-mill road deaths. Not long ago, I heard a traffic news reporter say breezily, "The air ambulances are just taking off, so things should be getting back to normal any time." Can you imagine that in coverage of a plane or train crash? I guess we're all in some kind of collective denial because it really *could* be us.