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Default There's hope that rec.boats may smell better soon...

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:13:25 -0300, "Don White"
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"H the K" wrote in message
om...

Deaths per billion journeys
Bus: 4.3
Rail: 20
Van: 20
Car: 40
Foot: 40
Water: 90
Air: 117
Bicycle: 170
**Motorcycle: 1640**

Deaths per billion hours
Bus: 11.1
Rail: 30
Air: 30.8
Water: 50
Van: 60
Car: 130
Foot: 220
Bicycle: 550
**Motorcycle: 4840**

Deaths per billion kilometres
Air: 0.05
Bus: 0.4
Rail: 0.6
Van: 1.2
Water: 2.6
Car: 3.1
Bicycle: 44.6
Foot: 54.2
**Motorcycle: 108.9**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_safety


Admittedly, only a glimmer of hope, but you never know what might happen
when the herring meets the road.


You have to wonder...at his advanced age, how his reflects will holdup in a
potential accident situation.


My reflectors are quite good.

My reflexes are likewise.

You're not just 'pretending' to be stupid, are you?
--
John H

All decisions, even those made by liberals, are the result of binary thinking.