There were 2.1 percent fewer traffic deaths in California on the 13 Friday the 13ths from 2002 to 2009 studied than comparable Fridays, according to Steven Bloch, a senior research associate with the Automobile Club of Southern California.
There were 141 people killed on the 13 Friday the 13ths studied and an average of 144 on the Friday the sixths and Friday the 20s, said Bloch, who has a doctoral degree in sociology.
"I don't think there's a real danger" to Friday the 13th for drivers, Bloch told City News Service.
Like on every day, drivers should "put cellphones down and drive safely," Bloch said.
Today is the lone Friday the 13th of 2011. The next one will be in January 2012, the first of three for the year. Every year has at least one Friday the 13th. No year can have more than three.
There are several theories about the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition.
One is that it combines Friday -- associated with bad luck because it was the day Jesus was crucified -- and 13 an unlucky number because it is considered irregular as it is one more than 12, considered the number of completeness because of the 12 months of the year, the 12 hours of the clock, 12 tribes of Israel and 12 Apostles of Jesus.
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