<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01CA1742.055A12F0"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso">  <link rel=themeData href="~~themedata~~"> <link rel=colorSchemeMapping href="~~colorschememapping~~">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <div> <a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:#242424;mso-no-proof:yes'><img width=137 height=49 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CA173D.3CFBA890"><o:p></o:p></a> <span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:#242424;mso-no-proof:yes'>From today's <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'> World Streets at <a href="http://www.worldstreets.org/"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:blue;mso-themecolor:hyperlink;mso-no-proof: yes'>worldstreets.org</a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p> </div> <div id=ygrp-mlmsg> <div id=ygrp-msg> <div id=ygrp-text> <![if !vml]><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnvJY4Vx9uI/AAAAAAAABWM/SkpUeRYlWIw/s1600-h/ws-pic-watkins.jpg"><img border=0 width=74 height=88 src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SnvJY4Vx9uI/AAAAAAAABWM/SkpUeRYlWIw/s200/ws-pic-watkins.jpg" align=right hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]>A pedestrian hit by a car at 40 mph has a 95% chance of being killed, at 30 mph this becomes 50% and at 20 mph it becomes 5%.<o:p></o:p> <a href="mailto:Stephen.Watkins@stockport-pct.nhs.uk">Dr. Stephen J. Watkins</a>, National Health Service, Stockport, UK <o:p></o:p> Speed contributes to causing accidents and it also increases their severity. Most child pedestrian road deaths would be averted if people drove at 20mph in side streets. As few places are more than a mile from a main road, few journeys involve more than two miles on side roads (a mile at each end). The difference between driving two miles at 20mph and at 40mph is 3 minutes. We are killing our children to save less than three minutes on our journeys.<o:p></o:p> <span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:#102640'><o:p> </o:p> <span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:#102640'><o:p> </o:p> --> The full text of this article appears in <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/08/carsharing-in-us-quo-vadis-hertz.html">World Streets</a> today at <a href="http://WorldStreets.org/">http://WorldStreets.org/</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -> To read all <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/08/carsharing-in-us-quo-vadis-hertz.html">World Streets</a> articles on health, safety  click to <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ws-health">http://tinyurl.com/ws-health</a>   <span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#102640'><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#102640;mso-no-proof:yes'><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=624 height=56 src="cid:image004.jpg@01CA1742.055A12F0" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#102640'><o:p></o:p> -- Posted By Eric Britton to <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/08/twenty-is-plenty.html">World Streets</a> at 8/07/2009 08:33:00 AM<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>