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echo: chaos_landing
to: RAYMOND YATES
from: RON MICHAEL
date: 2003-01-12 12:40:30
subject: Black Boxes

->  RM> Subject: Last Words...... 
 
->  RM> RE: BLACK BOXES 
 
->  RM>   The National Transportation Safety Board recently 
->  RM>  divulged they had covertly funded a project with the 
->  RM>  U.S. auto maker for the past five years, whereby the 
->  RM>  auto makers were installing black boxes in four-wheel 
->  RM>  drive pick-up trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal 
->  RM>  accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds 
->  RM>  before the crash. 
->  RM>   They were surprised to find in 49 of the 50 states 
->  RM>  the last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal 
->  RM>  crashes were, "Oh, Sh--!" 
->  RM>   Only the state of LOUISIANA was different, where 89.3 
->  RM>  percent of the final words were: "Hold my beer and
watch this!" 
 
-> This is funny. What makes it funnier is that in a genuine study of test pilo 
-> in eveyy country that has them, "oh,Sh-- !" actually /is/
the most frequent 
-> last comment... Your language may vary, of course. 
Well, I received this from a Denham Springs Police Officer ... 
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