I find it difficult to disagree with you. 8-))) > > From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/11/02 Thu PM 01:13:53 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles > > mike wilson wrote: > > > Short, regularly travelled routes seem to have a disproportionate > > number of accidents. I don't think anyone has done any work (at > > least, I can't find it online) to work out if that is merely due to > > a statistical function or if there is a human effect at work. > > I suspect that it mostly boils down to "familiarity breeds contempt". > Those short, regularly traveled routes are the ones where the driver is > most likely to be running on "autopilot" because they know the route, > and probably also the most likely, therefore, to be where they're doing > everything except paying attention to the traffic ... shaving, putting > on makeup, reading the newspaper, etc. Those are also the routes I'd > guess people would be most likely to be running late on. :-) > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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