Convenient breakdown

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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.

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Two years ago my wife was driving from her mother's home in Ardrishaig on the West Coast of Scotland to where we live in Yorkshire. When setting off she forgot to disengage the handbreak and must have driven for 45 minutes with the handbreak on before she reached Inverary burning out the brakes in the process . In Inverary the braking system failed completely and she was powerless to stop the car having to let it glide to an uncontrolled halt . She found herself exactly at rest outside the entrance to the only car mechanic's garage for many miles around.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:42:06 +0000Coincidence ID:5106