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   In article , sna    
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   > > 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   
   >   
   > It is in fact much less save than the best of the modern cars used sensibly.   
   >   
   > > - people have died using any of them.   
   >   
   > But at higher numbers than with modern cars used sensibly.   
   > The worst you usually end up with in the modern car used   
   > sensibly is the need to replace the car, no injury to those inside it.   
      
   The key phrase there being "sensibly" ... which rules out about many   
   drivers (red light runners, speeders, drunk drivers, etc.)   
      
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