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Even As Cars Get Safer, Traffic Fatalities Still High

The U.S. is on pace to record close to 40,000 roadway and highway deaths this year. But there is some evidence that drivers are texting less behind the wheel.

The U.S is on pace to record close to 40,000 roadway and highway deaths for the third consecutive year, according to Wednesday by the National Safety Council. The silver lining in those dark numbers is that the number of people dying each year in traffic collisions

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