There Are No Accidents with Jessie Singer
The War on Cars
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Reducing the Accidental Death Toll
After World War II, we built a system of regulation so that corporations were forced to protect us from accidental harm. The Reagan era dismantles all of those regulations and accidental deaths have been rising since. Jesse: How do we change these perceptions about what is and isn't an accident who quote unquote deserves to die in these very preventable ways? Doug Gordon: We should make the world safe for drunks because if we make it safe for sleepyheads and people who aren't paying attention, then we're all protected.
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