Imagine how dangerous it is for everyone to drive two tons of steel at 40 mph through the city streets, too.

But somehow that's just fine, even though in NYC:

- 27% of fatal pedestrian crashes involved driver failure to yield

- 79% of crashes that kill or seriously injure pedestrians involve private vehicles

- Traffic crashes cost the City’s economy $4.29 billion annually ( 2009 data )

Sounds like driver regulation isn't working. Let's ban cars, except under permit in remote rural areas.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/pedsafetyreport...