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In April, the Department of transportation reported that 32,788 people in car accidents nationwide the lowest number were killed last year in 60 years. The statistics were impressive in California, the 2.715 accident deaths, a 12 percent drop below 2009 numbers and the lowest number since World War II report, in accordance with the Office of traffic safety. The California OTS announced Wednesday that the Government rewarded $ 76 million on the market Federal Security grants for this impressive drop in car-accident related deaths. California must with tight budgets get on the map this Fund and will support initiatives we hope, the improvement of pedestrian and bicycle safety clever.

It is true that vehicles the largest number of accident deaths in California, consisting of 43 percent of the State total accident of fatalities account for. But other accidents, including pickup trucks, motorcycles and pedestrians, the majority of road deaths in California and in the country for victims. In fact, because 13 percent of California deaths, a small part of despite, from which the State commuters, motorcycle accidents make up bikers are also more prone to accidents than car drivers.

Of course is not to say that efforts should continue to reduce its share of car accident deaths California. The decline was the result of consistent hard work by security officials statewide. "Well run road safety campaigns by law enforcement agencies throughout the State dangerous driver behavior targeting is a factor for the further reduction of transport-related deaths and wounded," California Highway Patrol said Commissioner Joe Farrow. "Through the behavior changes of public as buckling up driving ability a driver doesn't drink and eliminating distractions, daily, progress what to lives saved."

California is ready to use the 76 million in grants to improve road safety for the State of the driver. But more than anything else, the successful campaign to reduce the deaths accident proves that the State could implement similar discounts in motorcycle and pedestrian fatalities. Even more impressive future can this safer federal funds developed, reward to the State for the improvement of road safety across the Board lead.

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Clinics are legal aid at risk. In the framework of the last month budget compromise the not-for profit organization legal services Corporation saw their funding $ 15.8 million 4 per cent of the entire budget slashed. First House Republicans proposed the LSC budget cut by a whopping $75 million, but after President Obama a boost of $30 million proposed, both sides agreed in the smaller cut. But this is the latest in a series of legal aid cuts that vulnerable have left poor Americans for the worst aspects of the economic recession with little legal protection.

As Marian Wang reports for Pro publica, the 15.8 million US dollars in federal aid cut more jobs comes as Governments are both forced, legal aid cuts despite the increasing demand for free. Legal services NYC, lost this year's federal budget for example about $720,000 thanks to the. "You reach a point where you can no longer absorb" the cuts, said Edwina Frances Martin, a spokeswoman for legal services NYC.

The same applies clinics that have endured in the last decade a vein in the vicinity of debilitating cuts California legal aid. Clinics by one are threatened in addition to cuts the federal funds from the LSC California legal aid nor more significant reduction to the State-based interest on lawyers trust accounts, collecting interest on funds, the lawyers temporarily for their customers are distributed, people in need keep legal aid. Nationwide, this fund fell 75% of $ 371 million in $2007 92 million in the year 2009. In California, the Fund sharply by $ 22 million declined a $ 7 million in 2008 year of later, reports of the San Francisco recorder.

The decline of the legal aid funding should ensure as a serious disability, that "our legal system works for the millions of Americans, in the most vulnerable are in our society and that we fulfill our national promise of equal access to justice" said LSC Chairman John Levi earlier this year. LSC President James Sandman added "need more people legal services than ever from recession, high unemployment and slow economic recovery."

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