From: Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Webinar: Chemical Educators and Researchers: Understanding your legal liability and how to protect yourself
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 23:21:42 -0500
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
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Back from Boston without a sling or a cast.  And I don't deal with Manhatten traffic since I ceased driving altogether after moving here.  No need since a nice yellow car arrives when you stick your arm in the air, or you can go down some stairs and travel without traffic.  In fact, if I should ever try to drive again, I advise refuge in the nearest tree.


 
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
President:  Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE
181 Thompson St., #23
New York, NY 10012     212-777-0062
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From: Peter Zavon <pzavon**At_Symbol_Here**ROCHESTER.RR.COM>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Sat, Feb 10, 2018 12:39 pm
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Webinar: Chemical Educators and Researchers: Understanding your legal liability and how to protect yourself


On Friday, February 09, 2018 Monona Rossol said in part:
 
>Yes, I have been the passenger in two double cab accidents in Boston, the city with the highest per/driver
> accident rate in the country.   You can't even get a license there unless you've been committed at least once.
> 
>And at 7:30 pm today, I'm flying to Boston again, Oy.  I wouldn't risk going if it weren't for insurance.
 
Yes, Boston has that reputation and I've known many Bostonians to take perverse pride in it.  On the other hand, in a crunch Boston drivers can be the most polite in the world.
Back when I-93 was first connected to what was then I-95 southbound just north of Boston, it was merging 3 lanes of traffic in the already existing 2 lanes of I-95. (I-95 has since been re-directed around Boston and this location is a now an improved merge between I-93 and US 1).  In rush hour the backup was horrendous, but no one was bulling their way through.  It was a self-disciplined left-right-left-right merge process with no police or other authoritative presence.  I found it very impressive.  And I've seen similar but less obvious instances of polite driving in Boston on return visits after I moved away.
Now, traffic in New York City, especially Manhattan, that I'll avoid like the plague.
 
 
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