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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
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Subject: Re: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 12:34:25 EST
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> > > 75% of motor vehicle related deaths occur less than 25 miles from
> > > home; 50% of serious and fatal injuries occur in vehicles traveling
> > > less than 40 mph.  
> > 
> > Does this mean that if I never let my car get closer than
> > 25 miles to my home it will reduce my chances of being killed
> > in an automobile accident?...

     As I was returning from a long weekend Sunday night, having driven 
~850 miles since Friday, I got within 25 miles of home and remembered this
discussion and that I was entering the danger zone around my home.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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    "This statement is true."