BBC: more die in hotel balcony falls than motorway

[modernbeat]

39. More Brits die each year falling from their hotel balcony than do in diving accidents, according to Foreign Office statistics.

Taken from "100 things we didn't know this time last year" on the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4134329.stm

They also report that 10 folks die every day on the roads, with a supporting article. That means that MORE than 3500 Brits die every year from Hotel Balcony falls!

[FUGatso]

Could it not be said that falling from a hotel balcony was a 'diving' accident??

[Plotloss]

BBC said:

10. Ten people die on the UK's roads every day.

Given that the figures for 2002 were 3700 KSI's

I'd say we knew that last year.

Bloody propaganda...

[supraman2954]

They hit the ground at speeds approaching 120mph and they all died; therefore, SPEED KILLS

They could eliminate the problem by installing safety cameras on the sides of hotels to discourage people from falling at these deadly speeds......

[wolves_wanderer]

BBC said:

83. There's no mobile reception at the top of the Gherkin in London - it's too high up at 40 storeys. The phone companies hadn't expected a tower so tall, and it's above the reception area.

Well that's ballcocks, or at least the reason is. My phone works fine 2000 feet over the River Thames.

[CraigAlsop]

wolves_wanderer said:

BBC said: 83. There's no mobile reception at the top of the Gherkin in London - it's too high up at 40 storeys. The phone companies hadn't expected a tower so tall, and it's above the reception area. Well that's ballcocks, or at least the reason is. My phone works fine 2000 feet over the River Thames.

They also work fine in planes, otherwise why would airlines have to bother banning them.

[towman]

modernbeat said:

39. More Brits die each year falling from their hotel balcony than do in diving accidents, according to Foreign Office statistics. They also report that 10 folks die every day on the roads, with a supporting article. That means that MORE than 3500 Brits die every year from Hotel Balcony falls!

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Having trouble with your "r"s? Mine blows off when it`s windy.

[hugoagogo]

diving on the roads is even more dangerous than diving in the sea

[Antwerpman]

my phone doesnt work on a plane at cruising height...what am I doing wrong

[Balmoral Green]

You need to plug it in...

[CraigAlsop]

Antwerpman said:

my phone doesnt work on a plane at cruising height...what am I doing wrong

Fly over land that contains mobile phone masts.