After 44 years, the National Safety Council has stopped counting how many people die in holiday traffic accidents. It says America's highways are no longer more deadly during long weekends.

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Beginning this Labor Day weekend, the council won't project the number of travelers likely to die on the nation's roadways, nor will it compile the toll afterward.The council credits the drop in deaths to increased awareness about the dangers of driving drunk and a growing tendency to fly.

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