Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:25:10 -0400
From: Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Metro Accident
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:

[...]
>
>  Do you think most Metro riders carry ID?  Why?  Many of them didn't
>  drive to get to the station.  Most of them aren't on their way to or
>  from a trip overseas, or even a trip to a military base.

Most people carry a wallet or purse with them all the time.  It will
contain their money, their credit cards, and their ID.  They don't leave
it home when they take the Metro.

[...]
>
>  Odd factoid:  Per passenger mile rather than per trip, the safest
>  vehicle ever is the Space Shuttle.

More so than the Concorde?

--Ted White