In an alleged careless motor driving case heard at the court, one of the drivers was asked what he said to the other driver after a collision.

Witness: “Oh, only a few kind words. We exchanged greetings and I congratulated him on still being alive.”

[From the Watford Observer of January 23, 1932]

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