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Old 11-08-10, 03:52 PM   #1
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Default 80% increase in speeding...

... Since Oxfordshire turned off their Speed cameras...


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

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/spee...tch-off/251870

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

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Old 11-08-10, 05:12 PM   #2
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Default Re: 80% increase in speeding...

Yet they've had an 80% increase in speeding...guess speed doesn't kill after all!
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Old 11-08-10, 05:19 PM   #3
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Default Re: 80% increase in speeding...

Two words...

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

edit: must click link before replying... BBC article was just daft...
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Old 11-08-10, 05:44 PM   #4
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Default Re: 80% increase in speeding...

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!
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