{"id":446,"date":"2009-11-25T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T00:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/server3.qchosting.com\/~shulmand\/blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:32:32","slug":"strange-true-thanksgiving-traffic-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/strange-true-thanksgiving-traffic-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange But True Thanksgiving Traffic Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date: November 24, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving. And that&#8217;s not the only weird fact you can chew on this Turkey Day.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few pre-Thanksgiving leftovers from the &#8220;you can&#8217;t make this stuff up&#8221; file, courtesy of Tom Vanderbilt, author of the new book, <em>Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)<\/em>, and <a title=\"GreatFacts.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greatfacts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GreatFacts.com<\/a>:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People with short fingers are safer drivers.<\/li>\n<li>A traffic conviction helps lower your crash risk.<\/li>\n<li>At least 50 people annually are killed by cars in driveways.<\/li>\n<li>Drivers honk less on weekends.<\/li>\n<li>More people are killed crossing the street legally than jaywalking.<\/li>\n<li>Half of all traffic fatalities happen at impact speeds of less than 35 mph.<\/li>\n<li>Every year, 350 people die entering the freeway the wrong way.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Children at Play&#8221; signs do not reduce speed or accidents.<\/li>\n<li>Car drivers follow cyclists with helmets more closely &#8211; but drive further away from those who appear to be female.<\/li>\n<li>People who do best on their driver&#8217;s tests get into more crashes.<\/li>\n<li>The worst traffic on a single road in a single hour is in Honolulu.<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year. (For those of us in Portland, a reason to give thanks!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DuBois Law Group wishes you and your family a happy and SAFE Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DuBois Law Group is a personal injury law firm located in Portland, Oregon, and serves clients in all Oregon cities and counties, including <\/strong>Portland, Beaverton, Multnomah County, Hillsboro, Gresham, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tualatin, Troutdale, Sellwood, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene, and Albany.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: November 24, 2009 Each year, Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving. And that&#8217;s not the only weird fact you can chew on this Turkey Day. 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