This (click here) is interesting, I guess it's Nelson Mandela's new cause.

I'd like to see this Global Road Safety Week generate mainstream interest, but I don't think it will. Driving has become so commonplace that I don't think much people give the danger any real thought, other than maybe drunk driving at night time.

It's frightening really how many people don't devote the attention they should to the act of safe driving. The focus is often on getting to where they are going instead of getting there safely. I also think texting and driving is going to be a MUCH bigger issue going into the future than alcohol and driving.

I was in a really bad car accident as a pre-teen. I lost my father in it and I spent a year in the hospital. Maybe that makes me a little more conscious of the risk involved in sitting in a tin box whipping by other tin boxes at 50 mph+, often separated by only a couple feet? I know for sure that becoming a dad made me an even more attentive when I'm behind the wheel.

Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts..