Famous Quotes & Sayings

These accident ratios tell me as a traffic engineer that there's something we need to look at.

Don Kelly

The same thing goes for wreckers, ... As a result, it's taking our officers a lot longer to work an accident and a lot longer before they can answer another call.

I've seen so many accidents occur, because people aren't paying attention to what's going on in front of them. While they're looking over, their vehicle is still moving, and what happens? ... they're involved in an accident.

Jim Knight

With proper training, certainly this accident could have been avoided,

What this is really showing us is that there potentially is a discretionary part to emergency room visits. We're not talking about gunshot wounds or car accidents but at the level of a really bad cold.

We thank God that my daughter could survive this accident that killed so many people. It was a true miracle.

We simply must start making our roads safer for Oklahomans to travel. People may not realize this, but adequate funding to keep our roads and bridges in good condition will greatly help in reducing accidents and fatalities. Things such as paved shoulders and median barriers are the types of road-design elements we need to implement more of across our state.

W. S. Gilbert

We try not to have ideas, preferring accidents. To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

We just want some closure in my brother's death. Again, we're asking anyone with any information at all that might be related to this hit-and-run accident to come forward.

There's no question this has been a challenging month for CN but accidents are very rare in this railroad and in other railroads. I think that's why there's so much attention being paid.

I still drive by the accident site. There's still flowers and balloons. People still stop by and say a prayer, wishing she was still with us.

John Aubrey

I shall take particular notice here of the third of November, both because 'tis my own birth day, and also for that I have observed some remarkable accidents to have happened thereupon.

I've been here for 20 years. I have been involved in fatal accidents for 12 or 13 years. I have never been involved in a situation where we had notes. I've never been in a situation where we had 12 people killed in one event, either.

We were probably there (at the accident scene) 20 minutes.

Jim Hall

We will substantiate what occurred on the flight leg previous to the accident flight.

Dietrich Mateschitz

There are almost no sports within which mortal accidents are not a reality.

We cooperated fully with the FRA in its investigation. We've taken steps to address the agency's findings. The accident was a tragedy, and we certainly extend our deepest sympathy to the family.

The last couple of accidents there (on Durango at Route 160), people ran stop signs. I find it hard to believe people aren't seeing those signs.

Steven Johnson

The large number of safety studies indicates that this issue has received a great amount of attention. Unfortunately, many of these studies involve more advocacy than science. It's not that these studies aren't valuable, but they have problems with methodology, statistical analysis and even simple understanding of important terms, such as 'speeding.' In accident data, speeding is defined as both 'traveling faster than the posted limit' and 'traveling too fast for conditions.' Studies often do not differentiate between these definitions.

The Met has a fantastic reputation ... But we have to find out what went wrong in this surveillance operation and whether the bad information we have received about it was an accident or a cover-up.

Leila Janah

The core concept of Samasource is essentially that technology helps us unlock human talent wherever it may happen to reside. That we should no longer be victims of the birth lottery. That no one should be stuck in a poor place where they don't have a job simply because of an accident of birth.

The cost of a traffic light ($125,000) is much less than the cost of an accident involving multiple cars along with doctor and hospital bills, including repair of damaged and paying off totaled vehicles.

Initial investigation shows the fire accident was due to malpractice of an electrician, who has been detained by police.

Mark Zupan

Increasing the Dialogue About Disability. Becoming disabled can happen to anyone at any time in life. It doesn't necessarily take a traumatic accident to become disabled. You can have cancer, chronic back pain or arthritis.

Initially the partner is at increased risk from heart attack, suicide, and accidents. I am shocked my wife is sick and I stop paying attention when driving. And there is an increase in infections.

In a way, it will remind people the economic success of the last seven years is not an accident -- it's the result of things that were smart and disciplined. And, hopefully, it will raise questions about whether they want to trust the economy to someone who doesn't necessarily have that kind of experience and background.

In all of our minds he was the most unlikely person in our group to even be hurt. For us to think of Jon not being here because of a ski accident is incomprehensible because he was by far the most safety conscious.

Improved driver experience, which has resulted in a decrease in accidents and fewer losses for our company, is the main reason for the rate decrease. We're glad we can provide our policyholders with more savings, and we hope to attract new customers with our lower rates.

Immediately after being handed off from Stuart tower to Palm Beach approach, the pilot or someone else on the aircraft - using the radio - said they needed to return to Stuart. The accident happened when they were returning to Stuart.

It's premature to talk about an act of terror. The investigators will find out if the poisoning was accidental or not.

It's probably going to be an accidental death. There was nothing suspicious . . . that we could determine.

It's tragic, ... We have to investigate why this horrible accident happened.

Data shows there have been a high number of pedestrian accidents in this area the King Street corridor.