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Old May 19, 2005 | 2:03 am
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Originally Posted by jpatokal
Googled stats: Egypt has 1.875 fatalities per thousand vehicles, the USA has 0.190. That added up to 4,400 deaths in 1994, and I very much doubt things have gotten better since... so why are you worrying about 5 or even 30 deaths in a year?
Could be because terrorists TARGET tourists, drivers do not (at least so far).

Your up to 30 tourist deaths a year are, well, tourist deaths. Very few of the road fatalities are likely to involve tourists.
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