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Past master



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Statistics - RAC says we're all going to die.

From the BBC (so it must be accurate):
RAC Foundation director Professor Stephen Glaister said: "For drivers there is nothing more dangerous than single carriageway rural roads, with two-thirds of car occupants dying on these types of route."
How long have I and my passengers got left?
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28459472 Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
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Post #239160 27th Oct 2014 11:21 am
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piattj



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Laughing

1. Yes. We're all gonna die. I guarantee it
2. But two thirds of all... jeez the roads of Wales must be littered with the corpses of unlucky road users. But... they're not!

Conclusion... poor stats, poor sentence structure, Censored editor

... ...

Be true to yourself. That way happiness lies...

Post #239162 27th Oct 2014 11:55 am
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ReggiePerrin



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Re: Statistics - RAC says we're all going to die.

Past master wrote:
.... with two-thirds of car occupants dying on these types of route."
How long have I and my passengers got left?


Never go out with less than three people in your car... only a one in three chance of you copping it then. Four or five and the odds of your survival increase significantly. Buy a 7 seat DS and you could live forever.

Post #239175 27th Oct 2014 1:45 pm
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Purplemadboy



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I agree with the RAC .. Safest place to drive is the motorway .. Everyone going in the same direction. No boy racers cutting corners or overtaking on blind summits. Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

Post #239178 27th Oct 2014 2:43 pm
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Iliacus



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or tractors covering the road with mud and s Censored t. I had wondered what M&S stood for on my Wranglers until I moved to Herfs. GONE - '07 TD4 GS manual Zermatt Silver
LONG GONE - '55 Norton Dominator 99 SS cafe racer

Post #239189 27th Oct 2014 4:36 pm
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Pegleg



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The main 'A' road which runs through our village claims a life almost every week. Only last week a woman died after hitting a tractor head on.
During the summer the carnage gets much worse; being an ex biker myself, I'll not tar all with the same brush, but there is a fair number of bikers who get injured or loose their lives. Some of the riding beggars belief.
What makes matters worse is that the nearest hospital is 35 miles away and the most serious cases end up taken to Stoke some 80 odd miles away.
Road ambulance is out of the question.
Every time I see the air ambulance my heart sinks and for that reason, I continue to support this vital service for without it, the statistics would be much worse. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Post #239224 27th Oct 2014 10:20 pm
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