Driving is cultural. In Germany they drive fast, in England they drive on the wrong side of the road, in the U.S. there is a cultural difference between defensive driving techniques in Southern and Northern states.

The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had covertly funded a project with the U.S. auto makers for the past five years, whereby the auto makers were installing black boxes in four-wheel drive pickup trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash.

They were surprised to find in 47 of the 50 states the last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were, “Oh, Shit!” Only the states of South Carolina, West Virginia and Arkansas were different, where over 89.3 percent of the final words were: “Hold my beer and watch this!”