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Crazy boy [7]
3 years ago
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4. Alcohol was involved in ___ of the total traffic fatalities in 2012 nationwide.

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nlexa [21]3 years ago
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<span>The answer is D. 31%. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the US Department of Transportation, in 2012 31% of the total traffic fatalities in the USA were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Comparing to the previous year, alcohol-impaired driving crashes were increased by almost 5% in 2012, when more than 10,000 people were killed in this type of traffic fatalities.</span>
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