Sentences with phrase «likelihood of a crash»

Schiller is almost certainly correct in his predictions about the low likelihood of a crash in US bond prices (although they're certainly going to fall) but you're welcome to base your investing strategy on some alternative scenario although I wouldn't know what that would be.

Pretty much from his first statements as governor in 2013 — that's about $ 100,000 ago in real estate appreciation terms — through to last week when the bank released its latest financial system review, Poloz has walked a tightrope between admitting that elevated house prices and debt levels pose a risk to the economy, and assuring Canadians that the likelihood of a crash is actually pretty low.

«Where there is queueing, if drivers are not aware of the queue downstream, they don't have enough time to hit the brakes to slow down or stop, thus, increasing the likelihood of a crash.

It's well equipped to reduce the likelihood of a crash happening, too.

An additional active safety feature included in the available Advance Package is the Collision Mitigating Braking System ™ (CMBS ™) which helps reduce the likelihood of a crash by alerting the driver to potential collision situations as well as activating the brakes if the system determines a collision likely is unavoidable.

The odds of a fiasco are increased, he reckons, by the likelihood of a crash in oil prices: «the fundamentals do not support anything like these prices for long.»

Drivers who choose to stop in the middle of a busy roadway, rather than pulling off to a safe nearby location, increase the likelihood of a crash.

While common opinion suggests that the weather causes these accidents to happen, the truth is that the weather generally combines with one or more other factors to increase the likelihood of a crash but not to be the sole factor in its creation.

For example, in areas with high traffic volume, the number of traffic lanes established was shown to reduce the likelihood of a crash.

Drivers can be impatient, increasing the likelihood of a crash.

CAA points out that your likelihood of crashing or being in a near crash event is 23 times more likely if texting, 9 times more likely if reaching for a moving object, 4 - 5 times more likely if talking on a cell phone, 3 times more likely if reading, applying make - up or dialing a phone number on a hand - held device, and 1.3 times more likely if having a conversation on a hand - held device.

It is estimated that helmets reduce the likelihood of a crash fatality by 37 percent.

It makes sense: The more hours you spend in the car each day, the higher the likelihood of a crash.