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Technology is better than ever – but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year

  • Written by Alva O. Ferdinand, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
35,092 people died in crashes on U.S. roadways in 2015.Honeybee49/shutterstock.com

Today, driving is arguably safer than ever been before.

Modern vehicles now boast a number of safety features, including blind spot monitoring, driver alertness detection systems and emergency braking. Additionally, highway engineering has improved over the last...

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