More deaths on Highway or Access Roads?

Just looking for some quick statistics. I live in Texas and am terrified of the highway and airbags. I know is sounds ridiculous but i have generalized anxiety disorder and bad driving experiences backing this fear up.

Highways are the safest place to drive. The only safer ways to travel are train, bus, and airplane. Regular streets, with driveways and two-way traffic, are much more dangerous.

Friends with the Enemy (part 2/2)

Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu $16.95 Deaths from epidemic disease are rare in the developed world, yet in our technically and medically advanced society, an ever-present risk of disease has created an industry out of fear.As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics often stray from the facts on the ground. In a fascinating exploration of the social and cultural history of epidemics, Alcabes delivers …