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Pete Buttigieg: “Human beings driving kill roughly 40,000 people a year in…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:35

But when it is, if we do it right, it will save thousands and thousands of lives. If we do it right. Because Human beings driving kill roughly 40,000 people a year in this country. We don't really think about it that much because we're so used to it. But the number of people who die in a car crash every day is about the same as the number of people who can fill an airplane. (01:35–01:41)

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Asserts that approximately 40,000 people die annually in the U.S. due to car crashes.

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