BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Growlybear Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I can only > > follow my own standards and conscience...but we > live in a very different world today, > > > > If these statistics are to be believed we actually > live in a safer world: traffic deaths are lower > than they ever have been (National Statistics, > 15th April 2009) and child > murders at the hand of strangers remain > consistently low (National Statistics, > 11th June 2009). > > So is it more dangerous, or has our perception of > risk changed? I think traffic deaths have fallen mainly becuase of an improvement in car safety