Warning: Voting Could Be Hazardous to your Health.
Voting, or to be more exact, the act of getting to the polling booth, could be hazardous to your health according to a new study published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study, looking at election day traffic deaths since 1976 (winner: Jimmy Carter), found that
‘…on average, 24 more people died in car crashes during voting hours on presidential election days than on other October and November Tuesdays.’
Although the data used in this study doesn’t indicate where drivers were going when crashes occurred, the fact that there was such an increase (18%) suggests that most of the deaths were voting-related.
Does this mean we shouldn’t be getting out and voting?
Absolutely not.
Just use common sense and be careful.
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