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V8killimports · 12-04-2005, 12:39 PM

Well not really a thread about that.. but someone emailed me these interesting statistics:

The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly
funded a project with the U.S. auto makers for the past five years, whereby
the auto makers were installing black box voice recorders in four-wheel
drive pickup trucks and SUV's in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents,
the circumstances in the last 15 seconds
before the crash.

They were surprised to find in 44 of the 50 states the recorded last words
of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were, "Oh, Sh * t!"

Only the states of Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky were
different, where 89.3 percent of the final words were, "Hold my beer, I'm
gonna try somethin."

12-04-2005, 12:39 PM	#1
V8killimports Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Beale AFB, CA Posts: 1,377	Blackboxes in cars... Well not really a thread about that.. but someone emailed me these interesting statistics: The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly funded a project with the U.S. auto makers for the past five years, whereby the auto makers were installing black box voice recorders in four-wheel drive pickup trucks and SUV's in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash. They were surprised to find in 44 of the 50 states the recorded last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were, "Oh, Sh * t!" Only the states of Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky were different, where 89.3 percent of the final words were, "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin."