41% of crashes occur on Corners

In my area is a "deadly stretch of road". To try and reduce the road
toll, they put up signs with various interesting messages.

Today, one of those signs said "41% of crashes occur on Corners".
But I don't see how that is supposed to help.

They used the word "crash" instead of that silly euphemism
"accident"??? First time i've seen that. Someone can be driving 120
mph and when they hit a bus, everybody says it was an
accident!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> Today, one of those signs said "41% of crashes occur on Corners".
> But I don't see how that is supposed to help.

Buy a round car.

Old Wolf > wrote:
> Today, one of those signs said "41% of crashes occur on Corners".
> But I don't see how that is supposed to help.

5/7 of deaths occur on weekdays. Think of the children! Ban weekdays!

-Andrew

On Sun, 17 Dec 2005, Old Wolf wrote:

> "41% of crashes occur on Corners".

Not only that, but in most companies, fully 40 percent of sick days occur
on Mondays or Fridays.

Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:
> They used the word "crash" instead of that silly euphemism
> "accident"??? First time i've seen that. Someone can be driving 120
> mph and when they hit a bus, everybody says it was an
> accident!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That just because you don't understand the word "intent".

Larry Bud wrote:
> Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:
> > They used the word "crash" instead of that silly euphemism
> > "accident"??? First time i've seen that. Someone can be driving 120
> > mph and when they hit a bus, everybody says it was an
> > accident!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> That just because you don't understand the word "intent".
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Intent? In a vehicle crash?!

Sure, all your lawyer needs to cite is the old "I didn't mean to"
defense. Prosecutors just go "tits up" for that one...
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- gpsman

Andrew Szafran > wrote in
:

> Old Wolf > wrote:
>> Today, one of those signs said "41% of crashes occur on Corners".
>> But I don't see how that is supposed to help.
>
> 5/7 of deaths occur on weekdays. Think of the children! Ban weekdays!
>
> -Andrew

Atleast I wouldn't have to deal with Mondays.

Doug

OK, I want to go to the store across the street.
The safety boffins say I should cross at the corner.
At the corner, the drivers have to look in three directions, and a few
might even have checked the mirror.
The crosser (me) has to look in several directions, too,

Had I crossed in the middle of the block, I would have had to look in
two directions. The driver, basically, in one direction.
But it's safer to cross at the corner. It must be. "They" say so and
you know that "they" are never wrong.

At a presentation, I presented a case in which the car being passed,
driving at a speed below the posted limit, was the real speeder, but
the passer, driving above the posted limit, was not really speeding.
The police in the audience were smiling and nodding their heads in
agreement.

RTP (Retired Safety Professional)