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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seat Belts |
| Walking Parrot |
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 19:52
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| Before front seat belt wearing became compulsory in 1983, seat belts were worn by 40% overall. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_2505000/2505871.stm It's interesting the expected reduction in casulties which clearly hasn't happened. As I said previously, the drastic ... |
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Forum: Campaigning Topic: I'm so angry about these lies... |
| Walking Parrot |
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 08:12
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Replies: 11
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| Surely you're missing the point. The press release was specifically referring to the reduction in accidents at the accident blackspot where the camera was. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Seat Belts |
| Walking Parrot |
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 08:02
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Replies: 26
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| The statistics & graph are very interesting, but surely the figures on serious injuries would show a drastic reduction following the introduction of seat belts. What also affects the number of incidents, both deaths or otherwise must be the sheer volume of cars on the roads. If the car industry ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: An experiment... |
| Walking Parrot |
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 07:44
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Replies: 7
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| I think most people are aware of the perception of speed after coming off a motorway. For going round a roundabout, especially as you've said about using a speed you're comfortable with, I wouldn't be surprised if the speed would be roughly the same in both examples, as you couldn't go round much ab... |
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