Re: Yet more BB on Speeding


"Steve Firth" wrote in message
On Wed, 31 May 2006 08:07:45 GMT, Ian wrote:

"McKev" wrote in message

Paul Smith, founder of Inverness-based SpeedSafe, which lobbies against
speed cameras, said: "There is certainly a civil liberty issue about
this
new technology. But, more importantly, it's just another addition to a
road safety policy that is clearly failing.

"What we want to see is road deaths going down and that is exactly what
we
are not seeing.


Road deaths in 2003, 3508. Road deaths 2004, 3221. Looks like they are
going
down to me.

Oh dear, care to show road deaths since 2000?

1994 - 1998 baseline 3,578
2000 3,409
2001 3,450
2002 3,431
2003 3,508
2004 3,221

Basing a claim that roads accidents are going down on the highest value
since 2000 and the lowest value since 2000 is bad statistics. There's no
downward trend in this data and the sharp increase in 2003 is something
you
appear to have glossed over.

I used the most recent two figures to show that there has been a decrease.
You chose to use the last 6 years and the baseline for the 5 before that.
Which also show a significant reduction. 3,221 - 3,578 = 357. A reduction 8
short of 10%.

Ian


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Yet more BB on Speeding
    ... Paul Smith, founder of Inverness-based SpeedSafe, which lobbies against ... speed cameras, said: "There is certainly a civil liberty issue about this ... "What we want to see is road deaths going down and that is exactly what we ...
    (uk.rec.driving)
  • Re: Speed Cameras on the motorway
    ... I don't mind the speed cameras *but* where's the logic? ... road deaths have been almost static for 10 years. ... crap drivers getting pulled over and given a bollocking ... defective cars impounded - how often do you see cars with no brake lights ...
    (uk.legal)
  • Re: Well Done!
    ... cause of road deaths) ... in advance, was that Speed Cameras Are Bad, and then throwing any and ... safety campaigner" rather than an anti-speed camera campaigner. ... everything with gatsos, in the Real World it isn't actually Big News. ...
    (uk.rec.cycling)
  • Re: BBC Radio 4 Thursday 8pm - "The truth about speed cameras"
    ... Before speed cameras were introduced the number of road deaths ... consulted on this programme, I fear for the radio sets in my house. ...
    (uk.rec.cycling)
  • Re: Well Done!
    ...  Who gives a fuck what ... your or some anonymous journalists opinions are anyway? ... due to speed cameras. ... road deaths), others were bloody unhinged by the sounds of it... ...
    (uk.rec.cycling)