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The Menace of Cars

Does getting behind the wheel change our psychology?

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Addison Del Mastro
Oct 27, 2022
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There’s something menacing about cars.

Look, I love my car, and I love driving—when I choose to, not when I’m forced to—and yet it’s a simple fact that somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 people violently die on American roads every year.

Most of those killed are motorists or passengers. But increasingly they are pedestrians and bicyclists. Occasionally, …

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