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{ Daily Archives } Saturday, November 2008

Speeding (2)

One of the curiosities of this subject is that the evidence that speed kills is much flimsier than you might expect. Government ministers sometimes say that the link is well-established, but rarely spell out evidence for it. For example, the road safety minister Jim Fitzpatrick in a speech last month simply said:
Tackling the problem […]

2008 11 15 John Scholes Politics Comments (0)

Speeding

Geoff Hoon claims he is the UK motorist’s friend. He is trying to persuade them to welcome the replacement of Gatsos with average speed cameras on the basis that they are fairer.

A large majority of male motorists believe that their driving skills are way above average and so they can drive safely at speeds […]

2008 11 15 John Scholes Politics Comments (0)