The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged1 that they had for the past five years covertly2 funded a project with US auto3 makers4 whereby the auto makers installed black boxes in four wheel drive pickup5 trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash.
They were surprised to find in 44 of the 50 states that the last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were, "Oh, Shit!" Only the states of West Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee were different, where over 89.3 percent of the final words were: "Hold my beer and watch this."