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/^t/The life of human beings seems quite promising from the health point of view. A great number of illnesses, mortal in the past, can nowadays be cured and the length of life has increased enormously. But although the possibility of living a longer life is much greater than ever before, the slaughter of men, women, children and animals (which are not even mentioned in statistics) can be witnessed on the roads every day. As thousands of people and animals are killed or horribly wounded day after day, people have to reflect on the reasons of such a situation.