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Originally Posted by evldave
No, it's actually per 100 million miles. Just checked the NHTSA website.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd...004/809908.pdf
AND, motorcycle accidents actually DROPPED when DRLs started being used (95-98).
[font=HelveticaNeue-Light][size=1][left]1994 22.66
1995 22.73
1996 21.78
1997 20.99
1998 22.31
1999 23.46
2000 27.67
2001 33.17
2002 34.23
2003 38.93
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I stand corrected on the 100 million miles. I am not sure why you think the day GM puts its first DRL cars on the road, that the fatality rate should shoot up. You are just looking at noise. There is no doubt that the rate is skyrocketing starting in the year 2000. DRLs the cause? Maybe. DRLs on vehicles aren't going to help motorcyclists, especially if cars keep using headlamp based DRLs, instead of the turn signal type.
Michael