42 thousand traffic-accident deaths per year in the U.S.
That's a lot, considering a) the width of the streets (or the
number of lanes) and b) the relatively low speed limit.

Germany, with a population of 80 million in an area about the
size of Texas, with NO SPEED LIMIT on the highways, had a record
low last year---about 5 thousand deaths. (Only a few hundred
were on the highways.)

Consider how much pain 11 September 2001 caused. Now think more
deaths than that per month, every month. But who complains about
it? Where is the "war on driving danger"? But wait, we can't have
that, because a) that would decrease people's freedom to drive
if it is difficult to get a license, if penalties for drunk driving
are stiff etc and b) less driving would hurt the oil industry, and
of course Bush wouldn't do that.