Will Climate Change Bring More Highway Deaths?
View on Health Day website"Another expert agreed that climate change is playing a part in increased traffic deaths.
'We find a large and significant relationship between warmer weather and more traveling by walking, biking or motorcycling, which is more dangerous than driving in a car,' said Benjamin Leard, a fellow at the think tank Resources for the Future.
He has studied the relationship between global warming and traffic deaths.
Reducing deaths can be accomplished by making roads safer, Leard said. This includes reducing speed limits and replacing dangerous intersections with traffic circles that slow traffic, he said."
