Answer to my question

[Fireball27]

So i'm sure you've all seen that All-State insurance commercial: you know, the one where a couple of black suvs force the Monte Carlo/Regal off the highrise parking structure and into the river. And at the end the black guy says "chances of being involved in a movie style car accident? One in a billion. Chances of being involved in a real accident? One in eight." as some poor smuck hits the dude infront of him. Well i've always laughed at that commerical cuz they never specified what 1 in 8 meant. 1 in 8 times you get in your car? 1 in 8 people in your state? 1 in 9 people in the country? 1 in 8 in the world? or maybe 1 in 8 times you find yourself in a tv commerical. Well today i got my answer: One of my co-workers got in a "real" car accident, so i guess its 1 in 8 Bellman.

[JusFlyinBy]

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Im pretty sure its 1 in 8 drivers smart *** :p

[rt1]

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Well alot of accidents have 2 cars in them, that's 2 drivers. Did they factor that in? So is that 2 in 8 or 2 in 16? Just something to think about.

Rob

[Fireball27]

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Well alot of accidents have 2 cars in them, that's 2 drivers. Did they factor that in? So is that 2 in 8 or 2 in 16? Just something to think about.

Rob

Cept for the Black caddy in the parkinglot at work. The owner (Caesar) forgot to put it in park (he left it in neutral for some reason) and it rolled out of its spot and hit a concrete pillar. I got a call from engineering about a car parked in the middle of the lot.. and low and behold i found it kissing this pillar, completely blocking off the road. So i got to roll it back into its space :banana:

[Xian]

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So that means 7 out of 8 drivers go their entire lives without EVER getting in a car accident? That sounds incredibly GOOD. I don't believe it.

[rt1]

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Cept for the Black caddy in the parkinglot at work. The owner (Caesar) forgot to put it in park (he left it in neutral for some reason) and it rolled out of its spot and hit a concrete pillar. I got a call from engineering about a car parked in the middle of the lot.. and low and behold i found it kissing this pillar, completely blocking off the road. So i got to roll it back into its space :banana:

Interesting... so he wasn't even a "driver". I wonder if All State thought of all these scenarios.

I also heard that 3 out of 4 statistics are made up.

Rob

[MrCoffee]

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total nation wide accident to total registered drivers

[Camarorulz]

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I don't buy statistics: they don't factor in driving ability, common sense, or plain intelligence. In the 6 years and 80,000+ miles I've driven, I've been in one wreck, not my fault. What does that mean my chances of getting in a wreck are every time I get in the car? Even if the 1/8 statistic is fairly accurate for the entire population, it doesn't reflect MY chances as an individual for getting in a wreck. I can't live my life by a statistic. You're right, Fireball, I think it's flawed or misleading information.

On a side note, that was a badass Monte in that commercial. :)

[kristen]

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totally pointless post

[Fireball27]

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Interesting... so he wasn't even a "driver". I wonder if All State thought of all these scenarios.

I also heard that 3 out of 4 statistics are made up.

Rob

I thought it was 4% of all statistics ;)

[rt1]

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I thought it was 4% of all statistics ;)

Did you make that up? :)

Rob

[gman2000]

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what they do is out of 1000 people thay find a 100 or some # of people that answer what they want. Then they can come back and say 99 out of a 100 people, What they should say is 99 out of a 100 personally selected people.

So you can make numbers fit what ever it is you want.

[Fireball27]

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Did you make that up? :)

Rob

Not at all. I remember my stats teacher telling me that...















So she made it up.