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Old 03-21-07, 03:10 PM
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If I understand this correctly

Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1

Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1 (from http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm)

Then a person's odds of dying such that there is a greater than 2% chance of dying for any reason, and that fully 1.3% of all americans die in transportation 'accidents' yearly - which is about 3.9 million americans, which happens to be about 100X bigger than the DOT stats for motor vehicle deaths. I guess there are about 100x more people dying in america from ferry accidents and train derailments than in car accidents!

Something smells funny about this site.
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