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by jobu 4611 days ago
I ran over a metal object on the freeway that punctured the transmission which started pouring transmission fluid onto the exhaust pipe and ignited. The truck was on fire for a few minutes before I was alerted by another driver and pulled over.

Low probability events happen all the time, and I don't think we can draw any solid conclusions from these anecdotes (other than driving any vehicle is potentially dangerous).

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> Low probability events happen all the time

Hah! I love how extremely counter-intuitive and completely true this sentence is at the same time.