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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ROADWORKS SAFETY OR FARCE? |
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 14:00
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| Probably I have not kept on topic for the thread, sorry about that. I could not resist getting one in about the M60 (this is the M25 of Manchester). I'm not sure if I'm a new poster. I could/ve posted on here previously, but it will be years ago if I did! I use the M60 "valley of death" se... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: ROADWORKS SAFETY OR FARCE? |
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 13:42
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| The lack of accidents though could be down to several things: (1) Despite all the speed cameras and cones being in place for many weeks, I have yet to see a single worker along the M60 north. As far as I can see no work whatsoever is taking place. (2) The congestion makes it unlikely you can exceed ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: interesting reading |
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 13:39
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| Greenshed, re "peer review": How can anyone properly peer-review the theory when the numbers have been kept secret ? And the figures are under the control of one side of the argument? The fact that the figures have been kept under wraps for so long tells me that it is only one side that ha... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: interesting reading |
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 13:35
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| In this discussion about statistics, don't forget there are confounding factors in the analysis. Two important ones are: Back in the mid-1990's, people were happily phoning each other up on hand held mobiles while driving. This has been much reduced in recent years. The non-insured vehicle spotting ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: interesting reading |
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 18:54
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| Lancashire camera site accident stats now published in detail: http://www.safe2travel.co.uk/more_info.asp?current_id=83 All statisticians should have a good time with these figures ! When you look at the detail in the figures, they must have been collecting these for years. Yet it is only when they ... |
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