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Most people recognize that all modes of transport involve some risk and consequences.  People traveling can be injured or killed.  Property can be damaged or destroyed.  There is a cost associated with the consequences.This is nothing new. As demonstrated by their behavior Americans have accepted the risks and consequences of motor vehicles and airplanes.  Mercifully, the fatal injury accident rates have been falling dramatically. For example, between 1980 and 2011, as per Table 2-18, National Transportation Statistics, the number of motor vehicle fatalities has fallen from 51,091 to 32,069, and the rate has fallen from 6.92 to 2.54 per 100 million miles.  Over the same period Vehicle Miles Traveled increased from 1.5 trillion miles to 2.9 trillion miles.  Likewise, over the same period, as per Table 2.2 of the same source, highway related injuries fell from 3.2 million to 2.2 million. Traffic experts have been highlighting the cost of motor vehicle accidents for decades.  One of the desired results has been safer vehicles, roadways, etc., which in turn have helped bring about the reduction in highway fatalities and injuries as per the preceding paragraph. When adjusted for constant dollars, as well as qualitative improvements in health care, vehicles, etc., the cost to the nation of highway accidents probably was no greater in 2011 than in 1980. Often ignored by those who emphasize the cost of driving and flying are the benefits. Apparently most Americans have decided that they far outweigh the costs.  And studies have shown that they do many times over. To just focus on the cost without including the benefit side of the equation presents only one side of an issue.  People probably are not going to get out of their cars in large numbers to sit on a train or transit vehicle. Not as long as they have a reasonable choice! That is the way it is. Scare tactics have not change their behavior. It is not likely to do so in the near future.
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