Someone told me a story of an airline pilot who made the following announcement upon landing - "The safest part of your trip is over. Please drive carefully."
Wojtek
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 5/9/2012 6:45 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
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>> PS. I do not go places like western PA very often, but when I do one
>> of the things I fear the most is driving on two lane roads. I know
>> that it does not take much for a guy who just had a few beers and is
>> driving his pickup truck home to cross that double yellow line at any
>> time.
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>
> That's not all you have to worry about. I don't think this guy was driving
> a pickup either:
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-01-drowsy-drivers_N.htm
>
> [...]
>
> Two years ago, Edwards, 39, was driving to his Pottstown, Pa., home after
> working a night shift. He fell asleep, waking to the frantic honking of a
> woman whose car he was forcing off the road. "She was already on the
> shoulder," Edwards says, adding that he pulled over just in time for the
> woman to avoid crashing into a ditch. "I told my wife, and she was really
> upset. She said I had to (get help)."
>
> Drowsy driving is one of the most vexing problems involving traffic safety.
> It is a factor in more than 100,000 crashes, resulting in 1,550 deaths and
> 40,000 injuries annually, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety
> Administration. "That's probably a conservative estimate," says Jeff
> Michael, the NHTSA's associate administrator for research and program
> development.
>
> [...]
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