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From: scw@cepu.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Fast driving
Message-ID: <129@cepu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 09:29:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 31 09:29:53 1984
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Organization: VA Wadsworth Med. Center, LA CA
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    >[deleted paragraph]

    >Some calculations:  at 70mph, 100 million vehicle miles takes 1.4
    >...
    >people don't drive while they're asleep), 135 years of driving 16 hours
    >per day is wasted to save one life.  I don't feel that this is a good
    >trade-off.

Well, let's see here. people don't start driving until they reach about 17
years old, and most people older that 75 don't drive either, so let's say
that people have a driving life of ~60 years (a reasonable aproximation).
What you have just stated is that we waste 2+ driving lifetimes to save 1 life.
Hmmmmmmmm, sounds like something is wrong here.
-- 
Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology)
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