Buel, Ronald A.

. . . the automobile kills 60,000 people a year in the United States, and supplies the bulk of three of our five major air pollutants, roughly 92 percent of carbon monoxide, 46 percent of nitrogen oxides, and 63 percent of hydrocarbons. Dead End, 1973

Good figures on what the automobile actually costs the individual to purchase and operate just aren't available. It's my feeling that typical estimates of eleven percent ofout-of-pocket family income for an average family are quite low. Ibid.

Dealer surveys show that only 3 percent of all buyers look under the hood before they buy an auto . . . Ibid.

The domestic solid trash discarded in this country already amounts to five pounds per day per person, and recycling is far behind Japan and Europe. Ibid.

It is very easy to find freeway haters these days. Ibid.