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To the Editor: We enjoyed the excellent and timely review of injury prevention by Rivara et al. (Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 issues).¹ We wish to comment on the role of automobile speeds and speed limits in increasing the toll of death and injuries in motor vehicle crashes.

Small increases in speed limits mean increases in actual traveling speeds, an increased crash fatality risk, and large rises in death tolls.² A 10 percent increase in impact speed translates into a 40 percent rise in the case fatality risk among both restrained and unrestrained occupants.³ Crash, injury, and death tolls in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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