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ers will react differently to these same events; they might become angry, impatient,
nervous, or distracted. To the degree that such people operate or maintain the cars
and planes of our society, the vehicles will be less safe, and consequently, we will
see a sharp increase in the number of automobile and air fatalities.
According to this "social conditions" interpretation, then, some of the same so-
cietal factors that cause intentional deaths also cause accidental ones, and that is
why we find so strong a connection between suicide stories and fatal crashes. An-
other fascinating statistic indicates that this is not the correct explanation: Fatal
crashes increase dramatically only in those regions where the suicide has been
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