A survey has observed a spike in the average speeds of those who had just seen one of the franchise’s films. But it might be best to cover the brakes before leaping to any hasty conclusionsThe next time you glean a speeding ticket,it might be worth arguing that the movies are to blame. A research paper by Dr Anupam Jena of Harvard medical school has suggested films in the fleet and Furious franchise may be responsible for drivers hitting the accelerator too hard.
Jena unearthed details from 200000 US speeding tickets that had been posted online, and studied those issued in the week following the release of films in the franchise. The research didn’t find any increase in the number of tickets issued, and but did find that the average speed listed on the tickets increased markedly.Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk