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   > In article , sna    
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   >> "Your Name"  wrote in message   
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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.)   
      
   Those doing that on a horse or a horse drawn vehicle will   
   always end up a lot worse off than doing it in a modern vehicle.   
      
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