What poses the biggest threat of death to children? You might think infectious diseases, and that’s true for infants. But if a child survives infancy the single biggest cause of fatal injury is cars. Cars are the single biggest killer of children ages 10 to 19.
That’s true around the world and across cultures.
This has implications for President-elect Obama’s jobs and infrastructure program: better make sure all that road building includes plenty of sidewalks, in short supply across much of the U.S. And how about bike paths, traffic-calming intersections, crosswalks, and stoplights?
Yet again that old socialist bogeyman Sweden comes out well on this issue, with much safer streets than other countries. Obama should be studying Sweden for lessons on infrastructure projects, as well as how to rescue a banking system.
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