08-14-2008, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pottstown (East Coventry),
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrist
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According to the "many" police officers that I know "my Lady works for the sherrifs department", the #1 cause for traffic accidents is "" SPEEDING "".
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When I took statistics, I realized that the idea behind it was to try to make the numbers mean whatever you want them to mean.
How about we look at this a different way. Let's say 85% of the cars on the road are exceeding the speed limit. And further 85% of accidents that happen involve one or both of the vehicles exceeding the speed limit. Would that prove that speeding was the number #1 cause of traffic accidents? Are the similar percentages related in such a way? I could argue that speeding was not even a factor. If 85% of drivers on the road are Caucasian, does that mean the #1 cause of traffic accidents is being Caucasian? More likely I could argue that the #1 cause of accidents was a vehicle that was in motion relative to another vehicle. 
Last edited by 1ntCobra; 08-14-2008 at 02:25 PM..
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