Spilt Liquid !!

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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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Driving from the south coast to an address in south London , I happened to have the misfortune of following a road contractors open backed truck which had open drum containers which I later learnt to my cost contained a bitumen emulsion. Whilst noticing a dirty drizzle occuring on my windscreen I had no idea whatsoever that it was emanating from these drums. I thought at the time that it was traffic film coming up from the road surface. Reaching London I navigated to the address to undertake a survey which was on the second floor overlooking the street. After a period I glanced out of the window and to my great surprise the truck I was following was parked in front of my car with its two operatives with cloths washing my car with a solution to remove the bitumen which covered the front of the car. They just happened to be contracted to fill a hole next to where I was parked and recognised that I had been following them for several miles on the main road . Upon seeing my splattered car they put two and two together, checked the open drums on their truck and realised with a concience that the were responsible for splattering my car and set about cleaning. I cannot believe how apologetic they were!
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:02:14 +0000Coincidence ID:5359