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"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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> "Fishface" <invalid@ddress.ok?> wrote in message
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>> Wickeddoll® wrote:
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>>> [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16698153/from/RS.4/[/url]
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>>> Take THAT!
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>>> But then my hubby says you guys die from being stressed by us.
>>> HA the sequel.[/color]
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>> "Male drivers have a 77 percent higher risk of dying in a car
>> accident than women, based on miles driven."
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>> Based on miles driven, what do you suppose that means?
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> Deaths per mile driven. In other words, women have X deaths per 100
> million miles driven, while men have X x 1.77 deaths per 100 million miles
> driven.
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> That statistic is for overall gender. There were some surprising
> results - 82 year old females are the more likely to die in an accident
> than 16-25 year old males (of course there are fewer 82 year old females
> on the road).
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> You are not likely to die in a traffic accident in Boston, because
> Boston's traffic is so messed up that you can't often go fast enough to
> get into a fatal accident.[/color]

Ah-ha - yes, that could explain it!

Except on Storrow Drive, where I was driving in a supposed 45 mph zone, yet
compared w/the other traffic I was sort of doddering along at 60 - 65. Was
relatively doddering because I didn't know exactly where my exit was & was
trying to read a map, pay attention to what the cars around me were doing, &
read signage... I missed the exit, wound up by the science museum circle, &
had to wind my way back down & over... But once on the regular city
streets.. yes, pretty slow. (Good thing, since I was still trying to read a
map & figure out which streets were 1-way in which direction...)

Cathy

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