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To: Rodney King; SweetCaroline
Technology Transfer Series
Number 222 May 2000


138 posted on 08/12/2005 10:07:20 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: P-Marlowe

Obviously, your stats state two things: That the main risk is by people who are LOADED. Also, however, it does suggest that a few beers creates an increased risk. I would bet, however, that at the .05 level one is at less risk than someone yammering on the cell phone, putting make up on, driving with a dog on the lap, yelling at the kids fighting in back, or eating a #2 super-sized.


139 posted on 08/12/2005 10:11:00 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: P-Marlowe

There are about 175 million people here of driving age and roughly 45,000 fatal wrecks/year.

This means that any driver has about a 1:10,000 lifetime chance of dying due to a fatal car crash.

Your one statistic allowing a 15,500 increase in risk seems to be a bit overstated.


243 posted on 08/13/2005 1:58:49 PM PDT by Old Professer (As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
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