# unfortunate events we seem unable to eliminate

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911 "2018-11-02T21:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-events-we-seem-unable-to-eliminate/823911/101 "2019-02-25T01:45:35Z")

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> [@SpoilerVirgin](#):
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> We may not be able to eliminate _all_ drunk driving fatalities, but we have eliminated half of them since 1982 (.[pdf](https://www.responsibility.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Alcohol-Impaired-Driving-Fatalities-1982-2016.pdf)).
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> 1982 = 21,113 U.S. drunk driving fatalities  
> 2016 = 10,497 U.S. drunk driving fatalities
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> About 350,000 lives have been saved.

Uber and Lyft have had an enormously beneficial impact on this.

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