Most of you probably already know that more than 35,000 people are killed in the U.S. *every year* (more than ten times the number killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack) by drivers who are impaired by alcohol. But you might not know that, since the 9/11 attack, drivers who run red lights at intersections have killed more people than were killed in the 9/11 attack. For example, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 800 people were killed in 2005 alone by red light runners. That makes red light runners a greater public safety threat than global terrorism.
Now, be honest: in the 6+ years since the 9/11 attack, have you ever run a red light at an intersection? If so, then maybe you should consider yourself a serious threat to national security, because, face it, you and your kind are a greater threat than global terrorism, at least according to the number of people you kill. And from my (admittedly limited) observations, most drivers in America seem to have, at least once, run a red light. So, if you have a driver’s license, please consider this your wake-up call: you might be a terrorist.
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