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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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One day I was about to go to collect my wife from work. We used to have a landline phone near the door. As I opened the door to leave the phone rang. I answered it and found it to be a friend. I told them I was just going to collect my wife and would call them back when I got home.
I left the house within around 10-15 seconds after I would have left had the phone not rung.
As I turned into a road on my journey it was possible to see quite a distance as it was a long road. In the distance I saw a collision with two cars.
I checked that all was ok with the people and asked if they wanted me to contact the services (early days for mobile phones) but one of them did have a mobile so I went on my way.
I pondered what had happened that day and went back to repeat the journey as near as I could once I turned that same corner. It took about the same time to teach the same point as I had been delayed. About 10 seconds.
Date submitted:Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:46:51 +0000Coincidence ID:8951
