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人為災害
有些災禍則是起自於大自然與人類的發明之間的衝突。始自1900年代早期的「馬與四輪馬車事件」 (horse
and buggy accident) 就是最好的例子。馬易受到驚嚇，當他們害怕某項事物時，他們會用後腿直立、用力掙扎，然後四處亂竄。有時候，當拉著四輪馬車的馬兒沿著道路前行時，如果前方迎面開來了一台車，則馬兒會因此受到驚嚇，開始狂奔，進而造成馬車翻覆，車內的人員受傷；當越來越多的車輛出現在市鎮及鄉村道路上時，上述事件的發生頻率也越來越頻繁。
Some accidents happen because of a clash between man's inventions and nature. The horse and buggy accident, which was common in the early 1900s, is a good example of this. Horses get spooked easily, and when they are afraid of something, they often rear up, pull away, or start running. Sometimes when a horse was pulling a buggy and a car happened to come along the road the horse would get frightened and take off, overturning the buggy and the people in it. With the increase of automobiles on city and country roads, these accidents occurred more frequently.
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