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#11 Unread post by DieMonkeys »

The whole most accidents happen close to home thing holds true.

Mostly because you are familiar with the roads in your neighborhood, so your cautiousness goes slack, and wham, when you least expect it, a new teen driver has just taken out your front wheel.

Statistics sometimes hold a bit of truth to them.
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#12 Unread post by sharpmagna »

Hey I lived in Guam for 4 years. I was in Piti and went to Agana Heights Elementary 8)

Well yeah you got a point about the accident has a higher statistic of happening close to where you live/work because you spend a lot of time near there, but people also may get get complacent and not pay attention because they are familiar with the area. The one time you lower your guard, may be the time that it bites you in the arse... Just another way to look at it...
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#13 Unread post by ZooTech »

sharpmagna wrote:Well yeah you got a point about the accident has a higher statistic of happening close to where you live/work because you spend a lot of time near there, but people also may get get complacent and not pay attention because they are familiar with the area. The one time you lower your guard, may be the time that it bites you in the arse... Just another way to look at it...
On the same token, the unfamiliarity of a place far from home increases your odds of getting into an accident, so I believe that levels the playing field. But the area one square mile from your home will always be the most heavily traveled and, therefore, will be the most likely place to wreck (whether it be your fault or someone else's).
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Now lets take a time out and get back to the joys of riding AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH doesnt it feel nice :laughing:
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MakeCarsStandSTill wrote:Now lets take a time out and get back to the joys of riding AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH doesnt it feel nice :laughing:
Now, riding while posting on the forum is definitely a squidly thing to do.... :x :wink:
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#16 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

What are wireless lap tops for? :wink: :laughing:
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#17 Unread post by ZooTech »

MakeCarsStandSTill wrote:What are wireless lap tops for? :wink: :laughing:
According to news reports, burning your testicles.
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#18 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

Hurry ZOotech Tell me more before i leave the starbucks parking lot :wink: :laughing:
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MakeCarsStandSTill wrote:Hurry ZOotech Tell me more before i leave the starbucks parking lot :wink: :laughing:
Sorry, Man, doctor-patient confidentiality!
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#20 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

Wow interesting story PLease tell me again stranger this time start from the Begining :laughing: :laughing: :roll:
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