be careful driving in wyoming

[basom]

or, more accurately, if you die in wyoming you have a 33% chance of it happenenig while you are driving.

linky

funny, people always say massholes are the worst, and most dangerous drivers. look whose last on the list!

[lemon boy]

u guud in statistics class huh?

[basom]

uhh. yep. i missread the graphic.

okay, still wyomig is danger zone!

[The Reverend Floater]

Two years ago, I had a good friend from high school killed when blindsided by a semi at a truckstop in WY. He was on his way back to med school. Be careful.

[altachic]

When i was in teton national park, there were 4 people killed, just on the main road outside my dorm.

so sad.

[Eldo]

Comparing deaths versus TOTAL population in a state is dubious methodology. It should be deaths versus number of drivers in a state.

I am willing to guess that almost everyone of driving age in wide open states like Wyoming, Montana etc has a vehicle. I would think the per centage would be much less in crowded, expensive-to-own-a-vehicle places like New York, New Jersey.

That study is (a little bit) like comparing, say, snowmobiling or surfing deaths in various states by total population. Those studies would likely show that surfers concerned about untimely death should move to Montana, while snowmobilers would find the stats in their favor if they were in California.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

[interloper]

I lived in WY during 911 where you could order a drink from your car or watch'm tune up under ground missiles. I was a trucker there but never hit anyone. Colorado mts. are dangerous too. But that's another job.

[freshie247]

Statistics are as pointed out, easily manipulated,just watch

politicians as they massage & stroke them.Wyoming is certainly

big ,windy,snowy in winter,notorious for black ice, & like combat

when you're on a powder pilgramage.Long periods of boredom

followed by brief periods of terror.Not to mention

fat,mustachioed,

livestock molesting,redneck cops that salivate & have $ ring up in

their eyes when they see those Colorado plates.

[fez]

my dad has lots of insightful little sayings, this is one of them:

"statistics are like bikinis, what they reveal is interesting, what they conceal is crucial."

[Endlessseason]

Originally posted by Eldo
Comparing deaths versus TOTAL population in a state is dubious methodology. It should be deaths versus number of drivers in a state.

I am willing to guess that almost everyone of driving age in wide open states like Wyoming, Montana etc has a vehicle. I would think the per centage would be much less in crowded, expensive-to-own-a-vehicle places like New York, New Jersey.

That study is (a little bit) like comparing, say, snowmobiling or surfing deaths in various states by total population. Those studies would likely show that surfers concerned about untimely death should move to Montana, while snowmobilers would find the stats in their favor if they were in California.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Him smart.

[Endlessseason]

Sheesh. He's a photog, writer, skier, statistician......is there anything Eldo can't do...

[Endlessseason]

He prolly tele's as well...

[Endlessseason]

Originally posted by fez
my dad has lots of insightful little sayings, this is one of them:

"statistics are like bikinis, what they reveal is interesting, what they conceal is crucial."

That's a great quote. I like that.

P.S. Just got back from a week in Wyo. As long as they continue to let me drive 100+ on the way to and from the bizness I gots to do, I'm down wid Wyo.

[Rusty Nails]

Originally posted by Endlessseason
That's a great quote. I like that.

P.S. Just got back from a week in Wyo. As long as they continue to let me drive 100+ on the way to and from the bizness I gots to do, I'm down wid Wyo.

Just don't whack an antelope or mule deer. There's enough road kill smacked by 4 x 4 grill guards to feed Sudan.

[Eldo]

Originally posted by Endlessseason
Sheesh. He's a photog, writer, skier, statistician......is there anything Eldo can't do...

Okay, now I will shut up.



























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[Ski to Be]

I saw 2 fatal accidents while driving on I 80 (outside of Laramie) in February . Eventually took a 2 lane road detour as all of the rooms were taken where they shut the freeway down & drove on black ice with 40mph cross winds all the way to Utah. Saw at least 50 cars in ditches or spun out. So that statistic wouldn't suprise me.

[fez]

flawed study.

it needs to look at deaths per mile driven to get a better idea.

and even that is no real indication, i mean if there are 500,000 residents in wyoming, so call it 300,000 drivers, there's probably a few thousand who drive snake river canyon or teton pass every day to get to work. If about 1% of your driving population had to put on 100+ miles a day on those roads, you'd expect a higher death rate.

[basom]

I think the point of the article and the study is simply to warn drivers that even in unpopulated areas highway deaths occur frequently, and everyone should be carefull out there.

as wrong as the study/data may be, its a good message. slow down, pay attention, drive safe.