Black Boxes in Trucks

The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged their joint venture with the US automakers for the past five years. The NTSB covertly funded a project whereby the automakers were installing black boxes in four-wheel drive pickup 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 49 of the 50 states the last words of drivers in 61.2% of fatal crashes were, “AAAGGGGGHHHH!”

Only the state of Texas was different, where 89.3% of the final words were, “Hey Y’all, watch this!”