bold claim from suffolk safe cam

[timf]

[quote=Terry Marsh, project manager for Suffolk SafeCam] the group responsible for speed enforcement in the county, said: "The number of casualties killed or seriously injured fell by 80pc last year at existing camera sites.
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see www.eveningstar.co.uk/homeStory.asp?Brand=ESTONLINE&Category=NEWS&ItemId=IPED30+Mar+2005+11%3A51%3A04%3A173
for full story

interestingly on the suffolk safe cam website there are no numbers posted to support this claim.


wonder if safespeed would like to have a look.

[autismuk]

I don't know the figures ; my limited experience of Scumera "statistics" is that they are all basically lies though.

Suffolk, as the article implies, is notorious for its stupid speed limits ; villages have acquired 20mph blanket limits. The A140 main road Norwich/Ipswich is all 50mph in Suffolk. There are stupid limits conveniently reduced all over the place.

[streaky]

Every man, woman and child in the UK is bombarded with five statistics every day.

47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Prosecution - 'Assuming that the defendant did not commit this crime, what is the probability that the defendant and the culprit having identical fingerprints?'

Expert - 'One in several billion.'

Prosecution - 'Thank you.'

Defence lawyer - 'Let me ask you a different question. What is the probability that a fingerprint lifted from a crime scene would be wrongly identified as belonging to someone who wasn't there?'

Expert - 'Oh, about 1 in 100.'

It's all in the question!

Actually, it's probably safer not to publish the figures, then no-one can argue authoritatively with your interpretation.

And never forget what commedian George Carlin said on the subject: "Think about how stupid the average person is; now realise that half of them are dumber than that."

Streaky