That link leads to a news story about a car crash?
Oops. thank you for pointing that out (I must have pasted without first copying) - the correct link is here and the quote in question is about two-thirds of the way down the page.
Ack! third time lucky; the link in my post above only takes you to the parent frame.
I doubt it. I figure that’s because when you just look at a clock, it takes on average 0.5 seconds for the second hand to tick, so you then expect it to about that much time. When you look just after it ticked, it will take almost a whole second before it ticks again, so it seems longer.