&gt; It should really read &quot;Automobiles now immensely safer in the US&quot;.<p>That isn&#x27;t the main topic of the article though. From the opening sentence: &quot;For the first time in more than  60 years, firearms and automobiles are killing Americans at an identical rate&quot;. The headline simply points out the article&#x27;s main data point of automobile and gun deaths converging.