The car park
As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.
understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
Three of us were seconded (with families) to Australia in 1990 for a contract in Sydney. The company there provided three white Toyota Corrolas, with sequential numbers. We lived in Frenchs Forest, and the nearest main supermarket was in Warringah Mall. There was a large department store and a multi-storey car park with about 5 levels.
One day, one of the others with his wife had been shopping and returned to the car. Their key didn't work the lock, and after some trying, they realised that the things in the car, like baby seats, weren't theirs. On investigation, they realised that this was our third colleague's car. They were wrongly on level 2, but had parked their car in exactly the same position on level 3.
Date submitted:Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:33:29 +0000Coincidence ID:5701
