Speeding Deadlier Than Drunken Driving in Oregon

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Speeding was deadlier than drunken driving in Oregon last year, pushing the state well ahead of the national average for fatalities caused by going too fast.
Despite the risk of costly tickets, license suspensions and jail time, speeding was the top contributor to the 426 Oregon traffic deaths in 2008, playing a role in nearly half. Speeding was a factor in about a third of the deaths nationally.
State highway officials estimate the economic cost of those fatal crashes at $700 million.
Officials had hoped a tough recession and $4-a-gallon gas in 2008 would cause drivers to slow down to save money. But road deaths caused partly by speeding in Oregon has held steady at about 50 percent for a decade.