• This was because figures showed that "17- to 25-year-old boys are ten times more likely to be involved in an accident than a girl of a similar age", he added.

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  • While people who regularly speed are three times as likely to be involved in an accident (according to the Police Driver's Handbook), ignoring the speed limit may also be an indicator of a predisposition for other "anti-social" activities.

    BBC: Traffic

  • "While they may not be needed during a walk, in the event of an accident, a casualty could be sitting in the snow and ice for over an hour before search teams reach them, " he said.

    BBC: Wales snow: Rescuers' mountain walk equipment warning

  • Who would be legally responsible in the event of an accident, for example?

    BBC: What if a robot drove your car?

  • Professor Longuski discovered that the safest route to take would be one that permitted a quick return trip, via Venus, in case of an accident that forced the Mars landing to be aborted.

    BBC: Manned flight to Mars in 2014?

  • "That was to be the fail-safe in case of an accident, " says LamarMcKayLamar McKay, chairman of BP America, adding that the blowout protector--like the rig itself--was owned by Transocean.

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  • "That was to be the fail-safe in case of an accident, " says Lamar McKay , chairman of BP America, adding that the blowout protector--like the rig itself--was owned by Transocean.

    FORBES: The Gulf Oil Leak

  • Since the reactors would not be pressurized, radioactivity would not be expelled as widely into the environment as in an accident like the Fukushima disaster, Wilson said.

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  • The average American is 36 times more likely to die from heart disease than be murdered, six times more likely to die in an accident and four times more likely to die from Alzheimer's disease, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Politicians have already begun to argue about what can be done to minimise the likelihood of such an accident in future.

    ECONOMIST: Almighty mess, almighty row | The

  • He says cyclists often underestimate the risks they face when they are on the roads, in particular if they are in an accident where they are found to be at fault themselves.

    BBC: Cyclists 'urged to get insurance'

  • In others, such as America, it may be an accident of birth, with no conscious choice involved.

    ECONOMIST: Citizenship

  • Decisions were made a long time ago that this transuranic waste, a legacy from our nuclear weapons days, should not just sit around at the surface waiting for an accident to happen, but should be put in the safest, most isolated place on Earth, so that nothing can happen to it.

    FORBES: Nuclear Waste Gone from Hurricane Sandy's Path

  • Every child to have a good start in life, every mother to have safe childbirth, everybody to be cared for in old age or if they fell ill or had an accident.

    BBC: News | UK Politics | Frank Dobson's speech in full

  • This means that astronauts might be forced to attempt a landing on Mars even if their spacecraft became crippled in an accident on the way to Mars.

    BBC: Manned flight to Mars in 2014?

  • The phones would capture whatever happened in an accident and cut costs for insurers by letting damage claims be adjudicated quickly and accurately, without the need for extensive legal fees.

    FORBES: Businesses Need to Look Good Naked

  • "If you are a cyclist and you are involved in an accident and you are at fault for causing it you could be sued for damages, " he says.

    BBC: Cyclists 'urged to get insurance'

  • And as I said to Ed, if it does happen and we get this done in time to prevent the doubling of the rates, it won't be an accident.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • It will be the first time Webber has driven an F1 car since breaking his right leg in a mountain bike accident in November.

    BBC: Red Bull expect wins from new car

  • To some critics, Brahms's right to be mentioned in the same breath as Bach and Beethoven was less a matter of musical worth than an accident of alliteration.

    ECONOMIST: How Brahms saved music from Wagner

  • One set of clients, she reports, finally decided if they died together (say, in an auto accident) on a date with an even number, the child would be raised by one set of grandparents, and if they died on an odd-numbered date, by the other.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Jobs I might knock-off in half an hour in Neath require careful planning, as if you have an accident, the nearest help could be anything from a day to a week away, " he added.

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  • He points to the examples of injuries compensation in the courts, "where thousands of pounds may be given to the individual who is damaged by an accident".

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  • That this might be a tort case, an involuntary manslaughter case, a negligence case in which someone died as a result of an automobile accident case.

    CNN: Transcript: House manager Gekas' statement on the law

  • In the event of an accident in a highly populated area, such as Tunbridge Wells or Canterbury, the patient would be transferred to the specified helipad site by land ambulance.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Kent | Air ambulance helipads mapped out

  • For someone who has been crippled in an accident of the sort suffered by Ms Lomas, Dr Contreras-Vidal thinks it will simply be a matter of remembering how you used to walk, and then doing it.

    ECONOMIST: Bionics (I)

  • It is, however, important for the helmet to fit well so that it stays in place during a fall, and the polystyrene layer can only be compressed once so helmets should be replaced after an accident.

    BBC: Cyclist

  • Businesses will only face health and safety inspections if they are operating in areas deemed to be higher-risk, such as construction and food production, or if they have had an accident or a track record of poor performance.

    BBC: Health and safety inspections cut in regulation curb

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