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Autoblog Minute: Economy, distracted drivers contribute to traffic fatalities

Driving Related Deaths Are On The Rise In 2015

Safer cars don't necessarily make for safer roads as car related fatalities are on the rise in 2015. Autoblog's Eddie Sabatini reports on this edition of Autoblog Minute, with commentary from Pete Bigelow.

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[00:00:00] Safer cars don't necessarily make for safer roads as car related fatalities are on the rise. I'm Eddie Sabatini and this is your Autoblog Minute.

According to statistics recorded by the National Safety Council 2015 shows a rise in traffic related deaths. For more we go to Autoblog's Pete Bigelow:

[00:00:30] [Pete Bigelow Interview]

The tech in our cars may keep us safer but the tech in our pockets may be distracting us more than ever. In the U.S. we lose about 90 people per day

[00:01:00] to traffic deaths suggesting a need to reevaluate what we deem acceptable on our roadways. For Autoblog, I'm Eddie Sabatini.

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