The Bureau of Justice Statistics doesn't keep figures for the number of carjackings that result in murder but with $6.1 billion being spent on prevention programs and, apparently, not tackling the problem I would like to argue that changing your driving position on the road from right to left is likely to save lives.
In the UK we drive on the left because we used to get robbed by highway men in the good old days of horse drawn coaches, now with our right hand drive cars, we are (in theory) better able to defend ourselves with a concealed weapon as most of us are right handed (although gun ownership is frowned upon in the UK) mainly due to the fear the upper classes have that we will get sick of our taxes being spent on their friends loft conversions.
Your views/comments please:
2007-03-02
22:54:49
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