| The number of young people who are involved in | | | | total number of deaths to rise even further. |
| serious car accidents each year has long been a | | | | Too much power to handle? |
| worrying statistic for governments across the | | | | Across the UK many young people have become |
| world. According to figures released by the World | | | | increasingly interested in modifying their vehicles in |
| Health Organisation there are nearly 400,000 | | | | order for them to be not only more eye-catching |
| people under the age of 25 killed in road traffic | | | | but also much more powerful. This use of |
| accidents worldwide each year. | | | | power-boosting techniques has prompted the AA |
| This terrible toll of young deaths was highlighted | | | | to speak out about what they see as a threat to |
| this week by a spokesman for a leading motoring | | | | the users of these modified cars and other road |
| organisation, who said that the increase in young | | | | users. |
| people modifying their cars could well lead to the | | | | |