Posted by trip (152.163.201.182) on March 31, 2001 at 14:08:48:
Black Boxes in 4x4s
The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly
funded a project with the US auto makers for the past five years, whereby
the auto makers were installing black boxes in four-wheel drive pickup
trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in
the last 15 seconds before the crash. They were surprised to find in 45 of
the 50 states the last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes
were,
"Oh, Shit!"
Only the states of Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas were
different, where over 89.3 percent of the final words were:
"Hold my beer and watch this."