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Article #1131Re: If everyone would drive GEO metros
From: Don Quijote
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:50
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:50
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Aardwolf <se1aard1@itis.com> wrote in message news:<4005D805.A2DD51DE@itis.com>... > "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: > > > Depends how you measure it. The death toll on US roads is pretty bad. > > Which is a qualification, not a quantification, and thus useless for > describing actual conditions present. It's not a good thing that people > die on the highway, I doubt there's anyone here who disagrees with that as > a rule, but someone once did the math, and on average a motorist driving > on U.S. highways can expect to die once every 2000-4000 years of travel. > Hardly a huge risk. And doesn't take other factors into account, such as > individual competence, or lack thereof. Though that risk could be > significantly further reduced with just a few simple adjustments (like > _raising_ the limits to speeds that most people actually drive for > instance). > > --Aardwolf. I see crosses popping up along highways and byways. I think they mean "RIP," or "someone had a license to kill."
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