Did You Know?

0 Comments | Insight on the News, August 14, 2000 | by John Elvin

* Fifty-eight percent of air travelers claim to have said a prayer for their safety while flying on commercial airlines (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll).

* For nongovernmental humanitarian workers in international areas of conflict, the likelihood of violent death has increased steadily since 1985 (study by the Center for Refugee and Disaster Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health).

* Eight hundred deaths and 200,000 injuries each year result because some drivers prefer to give it the gas when they see a traffic light changing to red (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study).