I agree Lynne, but when the Media insist on ramming things down our throats for years after the fact (the expectation that the whole world must stop for 2 minutes because some "famous" person got killed in a car wreck several years ago), it gets hard to avoid it.

Personal experience is also a huge factor. I have had a brother and a cousin killed in horrific accidents on the road, both through no fault of their own (at my cousins inquest, the wife of the other driver was his biggest asset, stating how reckless her husband had been), I know that it doesn't matter how prepared you think you are for accidents, you will live through that accident every single day until your little darling is at home with you. And if, Deities forbid, it actually does happen, then you realise that being prepared means absolutely nothing.

These two family deaths didn't make the national news, they were front page local for a couple of days, but now they're just statistics. And I for one don't want my little darling to be added to them.

LTS