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Jan 14, 2007 19:40

I have an issue with a certain Allstate Car Insurance commercial ( Read more... )

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danielle5985 January 15 2007, 05:15:15 UTC
Well, it depends what we're talking about here.

Are we talking about me, in my car, being in an accident that is so outrageous on some levels that it is of hollywood-quality? If so, there are plenty of these every year, usually the ones that make the news or.. sadly, youtube. There certainly have been more than 6 in the past century. If we consider me to be part of the population that drives cars (I'm not, but let's say i do drive...) then my chances are certainly higher than one in a billion.

I was assuming they meant me being in an actual hollywood crash with directors in all, which is why I was arguing why it was more than just one in a billion.

They went on to compare it to my actual chances of getting into a regular crash... something like one in six. If you're to say that me+this particular car+this particular time means an extremely rare chance of incidence, then it's also extremely rare (at least rarer than one in six) that I will get into a regular accident in a car at any given time.

Meaning, it would probably be an equal of ratio for a blocked off time and fixed variables like that. I mean, I'm sure some cars have more of a propensity of getting into a Hollywood accident than others.

If we're going to twist the variables, we have to twist it for regular accidents too. I think they were just going for dramatic effect and wanted to drive a car off a building. I won't be bought over by that!

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danielle5985 January 15 2007, 05:16:26 UTC
"I mean, I'm sure some cars have more of a propensity of getting into a Hollywood accident than others. " - i was going to finish that though, but I didn't. It wasn't part of my argument.

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