safe from car accidents?

I often see people (in Pakistan) tying black cloth near the wheels of their car or hanging religious prayers inside the car, all meant to avoid any potential accident. Just tying the black cloth or hanging the 'prayer' gives them the comforting belief that they are now safe from any road accident.

Now imagine if every single person believed in the 'prayer' and every single person hung it inside his/her car; so if the 'prayer' actually works, there should be no single road accident in the world and that would be the best car safety precaution anyone could ever have! But clearly, this scenario seems to defy reason because we know that given the number of cars, it is almost statistically impossible not to have any road accidents at all - thus reducing the utility of the 'prayer'.

greatest fear

Sometimes I wonder what my greatest fear is. Though many different scenarios come close to being classified as the greatest fear, I realize in the end that what I fear the most is "exposure"; that somewhere along the line of life someone will understand how i feel, what i think and why i react the way i do. Indeed for me that will be a very scary thing.

to achieve extraordinary moments...

Scully: I, uh... actually, I was thinking about the- this gift that you gave me for my birthday. (takes out the Apollo 11 pendant/keychain and looks at it) You never got to tell me why you gave it to me or what it means. But I think I know. I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals. That what can be imagined can be achieved. That you must dare to dream, but that there's no substitute for perseverance and hard work. And teamwork, because no one gets there alone. And while we commemorate the greatness of these events and the individuals who achieved them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those who make these achievements and leaps possible.

Mulder: ...I just thought it was a pretty cool keychain.

The X-files; Max 4.18