XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , David Johnston   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 1/14/2014 12:54 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , Greg Goss   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> "J. Clarke"  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> In article , robban@clubtelco.com   
   > >>> says...   
   > >>   
   > >>>> In fact, towards the end of the 19th century the traffic situation with   
   > >>>> horse-drawn vehicles was as bad if not worse than today. There are a few   
   > >>>> photographs and drawings around of grid lock in London and elsewhere.   
   > >>>> Road accidents were also very common. No speedometers or speed limits   
   > >>>> back then.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> And Christopher Reeve would have told you that horses are not   
   > >>> particularly safe.   
   > >>   
   > >> As could Pierre Curie's widow.   
   > >   
   > > Horse travel is just as safe as any other form of transport - people   
   > > have died using any of them.   
   >   
   > People have died using any of them does mean that they are all equally   
   > safe.   
      
   It means none of them are completely safe. As the old saying goes,   
   you're more likely to be killed crossing the street than flying in a   
   plane.  :-)   
      
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