Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Michael Zarlenga
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00

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Randolf Pitchford (bishp@mindspring.com) wrote:
: zarlenga@conan.ids.net (Michael Zarlenga) wrote:
: >My point is that "tailgating" and other aggressive and obnoxious
: >driving practices *rarely* result in accidents.

: So the East Coast media is lying when they report these things?

: And exactly how do you define "rarely" anyway? By total number of
: accidents, or by frequency of event? 

To be fair, rarely is relative and subjective.  My own 
personal quantifcation of "rarely" is somewhere around 1
in 10,000 or 0.01%

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From: zarlenga@conan.ids.net (Michael Zarlenga)
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/06/30
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