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<blockquote data-quote="Uncle Hud" data-source="post: 1414565" data-attributes="member: 29492"><p>^^^^ As an engineer who deals with probabilities (odds), I clearly understand your post -- which is why I was stunned that the probability of a deer strike within the District of Columbia is 1 in 713. That means, of the 521,000 drivers in DC (<a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/198029/total-number-of-us-licensed-drivers-by-state/" target="_blank">source</a>), about 730 will experience a deer strike each year. That's a bunch of deer for an urbanized area.</p><p></p><p>Also according to the illustration, 1 in 6,823 drivers <strong><em>IN HAWAII</em></strong> will hit a deer annually. Of the 951,000 drivers in Hawaii (same source as above), that's about 140 deer strikes per year. Based on four years of residency in the Aloha State, you'd have to be driving through a zoo to hit a deer, and losing 140 deer per year should eliminate deer completely from the Islands in no time at all.</p><p></p><p>The entire illustration sounds a little off to me, but it does spark a conversation!</p><p></p><p>PS: Can't find this data anywhere on the State Farm website.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uncle Hud, post: 1414565, member: 29492"] ^^^^ As an engineer who deals with probabilities (odds), I clearly understand your post -- which is why I was stunned that the probability of a deer strike within the District of Columbia is 1 in 713. That means, of the 521,000 drivers in DC ([URL="https://www.statista.com/statistics/198029/total-number-of-us-licensed-drivers-by-state/"]source[/URL]), about 730 will experience a deer strike each year. That's a bunch of deer for an urbanized area. Also according to the illustration, 1 in 6,823 drivers [B][I]IN HAWAII[/I][/B] will hit a deer annually. Of the 951,000 drivers in Hawaii (same source as above), that's about 140 deer strikes per year. Based on four years of residency in the Aloha State, you'd have to be driving through a zoo to hit a deer, and losing 140 deer per year should eliminate deer completely from the Islands in no time at all. The entire illustration sounds a little off to me, but it does spark a conversation! PS: Can't find this data anywhere on the State Farm website. [/QUOTE]
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