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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Road safety and speed policing in New Zealand |
| pavel |
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:24
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| The UK roads fatality rate fell by between 5 and 7% per annum from earliest record (1950) until about 10 years ago. Over the last decade the fatality rate reduction gradually slowed, stopped and in 2003 finally REVERSED. Again you make the assumption that the decline should follow your extrapolated... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Road safety and speed policing in New Zealand |
| pavel |
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 06:02
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| To draw really meaningful conclusions one needs to examine long term trends - over a number of decades. Exactly, and in the UK and NZ we see long term falling total no. of deaths and a long term falling death RATE too. What we should expect to see is a steady exponential decay in the fatal accident... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Road safety and speed policing in New Zealand |
| pavel |
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 21:39
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| Regardless, the data presented is quite interesting. The road toll in 1990 was around 700 and fell steadily to an all-time low in 2002 of 405. In 2003 it was 461. 2004 was 435, and 2005's year-to-date figure is higher than last year's. Interesting selective use of stats. NZ Road deaths by year: 199... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Traffic Cops on TV |
| pavel |
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:04
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| We did not see what was in front of the Police Officer. He was driving faster than those in lane 1, and the road then went down to 1 lane for roadworks so traffic in front was very likely driving slower than speed limit too, then when roadworks ended he overtook cars in lane 1 and once past them he... |
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