Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (Bathroom Readers) by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society

Author:Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society [Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published: 2012-04-30T21:00:00+00:00

On the Road

Forty-one percent of people ages 18 to 24 wear seat belts. Only 18 percent of people over age 65 do.

If your car is more than 42 feet long, you can’t drive it on U.S. public roads.

First American car race: Chicago, in 1895. Average speed: 7.5 mph.

Divide the U.S. population by two—that’s how many cars there are in America.

Chance that a driver will swerve out of their lane of traffic while talking on a cell phone: 7 percent.

In 1920 Detroit became the first city in the United States to put in a stoplight.

Busiest stretch of highway in the United States: New York’s George Washington Bridge.

The average car in Japan is driven 4,400 miles a year. In the United States, it’s 9,500 miles a year.

Sport-utility vehicle drivers are twice as likely to talk on a cell phone as are drivers of other kinds of cars.

According to one study, 85 percent of parents use child car–safety seats incorrectly.

Chance that a public road in the United States is unpaved: 1 percent.

There are more fatal traffic accidents in July than in any other month.

More road rage incidents occur on Friday between 4 and 6 p.m. than at any other time.

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