> Well all these figures pale against the number of people who die from smoking.  In the UK that's about 120,000 
> a year 

IMO /the/ difference is that smokers primarily hurt themselves, drivers
very much also (if not primarily) hurt others.

And it's not about prohibiting anything. I wonder where this comes from. As
I recall, nobody here who talked the dangerousness of individual motor
vehicle traffic said anything about prohibiting anything.

It's about responsibility. Killing or hurting someone with a vehicle should
be treated the same as killing someone any other way. It's as preventable,
and it's as tragic to whoever it happens to. 

Gerhard
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