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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
Did you know that if you call 911 because someone fell in the house; the EMT's and fire rescue both answer the call? A lot of sirens do not mean a lot of accidents! How many is a horde?
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I would say a horde is more than we are used to hearing and seeing.
It was constant.
I did , at first , think that it was some unfortunate soul having a heart attack..........but after being there six weeks and seeing the speeders, felt it also had to be accidents galore.
It's relative.....depending on the area one comes from.
Our cousins in New Jersey (which we left in 1970) are always COMPLAINING ABOUT THE "CRAZIES" ON THE HIGHWAYS DOWN THERE WHEN THEY HAVE TO COMMUTE ON 95 WHICH IS THE N.J. TURNPIKE, OR ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY (BOTH OF WHICH WE REMEMBER QUITE WELL)........BUT NO ONE IS OSTRACIZING THEM FOR STATING A FACT.
Anyone who has driven to the Boston Massachusetts area also knows what TRAFFIC is like in and around cities.
We don't live in a city, but in a small isolated town of 12,000 souls.
So........it's a matter of how one perceives noise and traffic, I guess.