The little black box . .
The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged that they had
For the past five years covertly funded a project with US auto makers whereby
the auto makers installed black boxes in four wheel drive pickup trucks in an
effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15
seconds before the crash. They were surprised to find in 44 of the 50
states that the last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were,
“Oh, Shit!” Only the states of West Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Indiana,
Ohio, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee were different, where over 89.3
percent of the final words were: “Hold my beer and watch this.”