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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / April 2006Speeding saves lives
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Eight out of 10 crashes involve drivers who are drowsy, chatting on a cell phone, applying makeup or otherwise distracted from the road ahead, according to a government study released Thursday that videotaped people behind the wheel.... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_us/distracted_driving And since we all know 4 out of 10 crashes are alcohol related, that leaves -2 out of ten that are related to speeding... Save a life. Don't drink, pay attention and speed! > BLACKSBURG, Va. - Eight out of 10 crashes involve drivers who are > drowsy, chatting on a cell phone, applying makeup or otherwise [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Save a life. Don't drink, pay attention and speed! Consult a dictionary, then check your arithmetic. "Related" is not synonymous with "caused". ----- - gpsman > "Related" is not synonymous with "caused". It sometimes is (and it is not 'arithmetic', it is 'logic') > BLACKSBURG, Va. - Eight out of 10 crashes involve drivers who are > drowsy, chatting on a cell phone, applying makeup or otherwise [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > And since we all know 4 out of 10 crashes are alcohol related, that > leaves -2 out of ten that are related to speeding... So how do you count a drunk, talking on the cellphone, driving 70 in a 55 who runs off the road and flips his SUV which rolls over the homeless guy in the crosswalk? Ed > > BLACKSBURG, Va. - Eight out of 10 crashes involve drivers who are > > drowsy, chatting on a cell phone, applying makeup or otherwise [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Ed Let's see.....drunks are 4/10...cellphone 2/10...speeding -2/10, (canceling out talking on the phone)...running off road 1/10...flipping an suv 3/10..., and running over a homeless guy in the crosswalk is 1/10... so 9/10 accidents happen just as you described You forgot to add the LauraMurdererTroll double word score to your number. >> BLACKSBURG, Va. - Eight out of 10 crashes involve drivers who are >> drowsy, chatting on a cell phone, applying makeup or otherwise [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >who runs off the road and flips his SUV which rolls over the homeless guy in >the crosswalk? "Speed-related," of course...  SignatureWhat the heck, I'll play too. - Dave >> BLACKSBURG, Va. - Eight out of 10 crashes involve drivers who are >> drowsy, chatting on a cell phone, applying makeup or otherwise [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > who runs off the road and flips his SUV which rolls over the homeless guy in > the crosswalk? Two points for our side, three if the driver dies? SignatureCheers, Bev ==================================================================== Paranoid schizophrenics outnumber their enemies at least two to one. |
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