Intoxicated pedestrians are eight times as likely, per mile, to get killed as are drunk drivers. Of course, drunk pedestrians don't usually kill other people on the streets. (They go to bars or home to do that.) Factoring for that: “walking drunk leads to five times as many deaths per mile as driving drunk.” Of course, Nikes seldom record the annual mileage Michelins do. Nonetheless... ...it’s a sad commentary that driving drunk would be safer than walking drunk, it’s an even sadder … [Read more...]
Referendum Subverts Vote
Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOTs) April 28th letter to the Sedona City Council expressed concern about keeping the SR89A transfer negotiations open until after the referendum vote, presumably November 8, 2011. "How can we have any assurance that another referendum or action of the Council might not stay the City...resulting in future litigation...?" February 22, 2011, the City Council voted four-to-three to accept the road transfer agreement negotiated between ADOT and the Sedona City … [Read more...]