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Berlin
11-08-10, 03:52 PM
... Since Oxfordshire turned off their Speed cameras...


... and a 0% increase in accidents!!!

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/speeding-up-after-cameras-switch-off/251870

Bummer for the statisticians ;) Now what are they going to do to justify all of the other ones?

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phil24_7
11-08-10, 05:12 PM
Yet they've had an 80% increase in speeding...guess speed doesn't kill after all!

the_lone_wolf
11-08-10, 05:19 PM
Two words...

Sample size



Ridiculous to draw conclusions from such a pathetic number of data points, shame on the BBC...:rolleyes:

edit: must click link before replying... BBC article was just daft...

TazDaz
11-08-10, 05:44 PM
They generally place speed cameras in areas which don't have a signficant number of accients to start with, so I'm not overly surprised! :)