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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released their annual Traffic Safety Assessment for 2006 (.pdf file) today, and motorcycle deaths have unfortunately increased for the ninth straight year.a

 

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"Meanwhile, the New York Times reported on an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum study on July 24 that the U.S. now ranks 42 out of 48 countries in the number of road fatalities per capita (all vehicles, not just motorcycles). Australia, Britain, France, Germany and Japan all have made significant improvements but the U.S. has not."