Great thinkers have quipped that life offers few certainties other than death and taxes, and for an alarming number of U.S. drivers, these two seem oddly intertwined.
A new study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that “Tax Day” pressures and stressors create real risk for those navigating the roads. After analyzing 30 years of data, researchers found that auto fatalities ramp up around April 15—the customary deadline to file U.S. income tax—when compared to a day during the week prior and week later.
Dr. Donald Redelmeier, a professor of medicine at Canada's largest trauma center, led the study with University of Toronto colleague Christopher Yarnell. Specifically, Redelmeier said the surge in fatalities could possibly be attributed to stressful deadlines that cause driver distraction and human errors.
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