The Unspoken Dangers of America’s Roads
Gregg Easterbrook, author of the article, “Road Kill,” in the Los Angeles Times, argues that the United States is far more concerned about terrorism than it is concerned with the thousands of people dying at the hands of distracted driving and overwhelming horsepower on our nation’s roads. Easterbrook states in this article that the thousands of traffic deaths our nation experiences each year are uncovered by the media, unheralded by the public, and preventable (A-2--4).
Easterbrook makes reference to the tragic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to show us how much more we care about terrorism deaths than we care about traffic deaths (A-2). Easterbrook identifies his argument about the lack of coverage,…