Posted by
gregmc on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:33:54 PM
The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly funded a project with U.S. auto makers for the past five years, whereby the auto makers were installing black box voice recorders in four-wheel drive pickup trucks and SUVs in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last moments before the crash.
They were not surprised to find in 49 of the 50 states the recorded last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were, "Oh, S**t!"
But in the state of Texas was different, where 99.3 percent of the final words were, "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try somethin'."