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| Even if the reflectors lower the risk of fatalities by only 1/100th of 1 percent, the statistics would indicate need more rather than less use of the reflectors. |
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| Shell has it exactly backwards. It is better to use a cell phone while the car is parked in front of a gasoline pump than it is to use one while the car is on the road. |
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| Silly warning signs here in the U.S. appear even sillier than those above, because U.S. case law requires product warnings to be more elaborate to be legally correct. A silly warning sign gets sillier as it grows longer. |
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| The cell phone system is notoriously bad in the U.S. compared to other countries, and one consequence is that the bad sound quality leads to distraction and accidents. This suggests that cell phone buyers should overweight the sound and reception quality when judging what cell phone to buy. |
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| Employers need to weigh the benefits of unrestricted cell phone usage against the costs or potential costs. Because we are in a litigious society, one instance of an employee causing a serious accident because of distraction from a cell phone could put your company out of business. |
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| To follow the spirit as well as the details of the code, numerous intermediate "TO EXIT" signs are needed. |
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| Silver colored cars were involved in 50% fewer accidents than would be expected by the proportion of silver cars on the road. They found that brown, black and green cars had a slightly higher accident rate, while white, yellow, gray, red or blue were all about the same with average accident records. |
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| They found that high levels of dependability or agreeableness lead to fewer accidents, while high levels of openness are associated with higher risk. Other personality traits were neutral as regards safety. |
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| Drivers who choose to keep an air freshener in the car might as well choose one that tends to help them drive better and more refreshed, no matter how small the effect might be. |
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| WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS COLUMN WHILE WATER-SKIING. DO NOT SET FIRE TO THIS COLUMN IN A ROOM FILLED WITH HYDROGEN. |
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