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[Pittkid]

Very enlightening....along with a fresh breath of air will do wonders!  🙏 

[uber darthium]

Is the Tiki Room still open at Disney ? I loved that. The birds Pierre and Julio

HMBL is a scam and even the Disney birds know it

[Major Profits]

"Sometimes the best advice doesn’t come from people, it comes from the trees."

I agree, and I'll bet some car drivers wished they'd listened to a certain tree because, who knows, maybe they might have heard it say "Hey, watch out you're going to crash right in to me!!" If only they were listening. Indeed, listening to the trees might even save lives.

From Google AI:

While pinpointing the exact number of car accidents involving trees is challenging, here's a breakdown of the available information and statistics:

1. Fatal Accidents:

Trees are the most common fixed object struck in fatal crashes. In 2022, 44% of deaths in fixed-object crashes involved a vehicle hitting a tree.

Tree collisions account for a significant portion of roadway departure fatalities. Roadway departures (where a vehicle leaves the traveled way) accounted for 57,475 highway deaths between 2016 and 2018. Trees were the most harmful event in 10,697 of these fatalities.

Approximately 10% of all U.S. traffic fatalities each year involve hitting a tree. This also accounts for 19% of all roadway departure fatalities.

An average of 3,566 annual roadway departure fatalities between 2016 and 2018 involved a tree as the most harmful event.

2. Overall Crash Statistics:

Trees are involved in a smaller percentage of overall crashes. While a significant factor in fatalities, trees are involved in a smaller percentage of all car accidents.

In 2002, trees were involved in 1.9% of all crashes in the United States, with 61% of those occurring in rural areas.

A study in Florida found that 1.6% of crashes were tree-related, with trees being the third most common fixed object hit in urban single-vehicle accidents and the second most common in rural single-vehicle accidents.

3. Important Considerations:

Data Limitations: Exact figures on tree-related accidents are hard to obtain because data collection methods and reporting criteria vary.

Severity: While trees may not be the most frequent cause of all crashes, they are a significant factor in fatal and severe injury crashes.

Location: The likelihood of a tree-related crash increases in areas with more trees, particularly rural and densely wooded regions.

Single-Vehicle Accidents: Tree collisions are more common in single-vehicle accidents, often resulting from a vehicle leaving the roadway.

In conclusion: Although trees are not the leading cause of all car accidents, they are a major factor in fatal crashes, especially in roadway departures. While exact numbers vary depending on the study and data collection, it's clear that tree-related crashes are a significant safety concern, particularly in rural areas and at higher speeds.

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Which begs the question "Should more trees be cut down to save lives?"



Just funnin'. ;-)