[vworldv]

Nitpicking: I should point out that far fewer than 1.2 million -- more like 35,000 these days [1] -- die in traffic accidents, although there are many injuries.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in...

[othello]

The 1.2 million deaths per year figure was for the entire world.

[Osiris]

I think he's talking world-wide, not just in the U.S.