Re: 13.5 million motoring offences!


Adrian wrote:
Ian (if.ptnospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

This disgraceful 'most ever' record was set in 2004.

Lovely, an' all.

How did the accident stats compare to previous years?

3221 killed in 2004, the lowest figure since records began in 1926.

But... but... but... that'd mean that there's no correlation between the
commission of offences and fatal crashes. Which would mean that the whole
"Safety Camera" strategy was built on soggy quicksand. Which would mean
that the government have lied to us. Which, SURELY, would NEVER happen...

would it?

How do you know that the "commission of offences" (whether as an
absolute figure or as a proportion of vehicle miles) has been rising
while the fatality figures have been falling?

These figures only tell us about the number of offences "dealt with by
police", which isn't the same thing at all.

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