1.   As it turned out, Memorial Day weekend was one of the best in recent memory in terms of traffic deaths, fires and climate in Arizona.

2.   Both common sense and statistical research convincingly argue that a law encouraging more smaller, lighter vehicles will increase traffic deaths.

3.   A Transportation Department study last month found that as the percentage of light trucks on the roads increases, traffic deaths also rise.

4.   But highway safety groups argue that the cameras have reduced traffic deaths.

5.   But Massachusetts still ranks above the national average in the percentage of traffic deaths in which alcohol is involved, according to traffic safety administration statistics.

6.   But no such outrage accompanies traffic deaths of soldiers, according to the magazine.

7.   But now comes a report that two-thirds of traffic deaths and one-third of traffic injuries are linked to over-aggressive drivers.

8.   Crackdowns on drunken drivers and other offenders have led to steep drops in overall traffic deaths.

9.   It is still too high, though, and pedestrians account for half of all New York traffic deaths.

10.   Law-enforcement officials in two Georgia counties said the heavy rains were responsible for three traffic deaths.