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Letter: Reduce road fatalities by building safer roads

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion January 30, 2024

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Do we need a D.A.R.E. program to reduce pedestrian and car driver deaths? Press Herald articles this month on road user fatality statistics highlight car crashes as a grim source of injury and death for Mainers. Thousands of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers (and their passengers) are injured and killed every year on Maine roads. And while last year was marginally less deadly for drivers, it remained “stubbornly” deadly for people who were... + full article



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