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- From: hagger@cs.umd.edu (Paul Hagger)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Vehicle size vs. safety (was: Crash Te
- Message-ID: <63620@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 18:05:43 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.194240.9187@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <96757@rphroy.ph.gmr.com>
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- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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- In article <96757@rphroy.ph.gmr.com> rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com writes:
- >|>In article <96654@rphroy.ph.gmr.com>, rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Bob Haar) writes:
- >|>|> Let me add some data to this discussion. The following is paraphrased
- >|>|> from "Traffic Safety and the Driver" by Leonard Evans and is based
- >
- >Evans analyzed the dtat in a number of ways that involved driver's
- >age. If you are really interested, you should read the book. But I
- >will extract some information from two graphs that might be
- >helpful.
- >---
- > Robert Haar InterNet : rhaar@gmr.com
-
-
- Actually, I for one am interested in reading a book of this type. I have looked
- in local bookstores, and the only volume I found had a name similar to the one
- you mention. I don't remember the name of the book too well, though.
-
- If possible, I would like to see if the book I saw was the same as the one you
- are describing. I decided not to buy, based on some statements in the book
- that I believe have been well refuted elsewhere, thus rendering this book useless
- as far as I am concerned.
-
- The book I saw had similar statistics to the ones you mention. It also mentions
- speeding in roughly three places throughout the lengthy tome. With no proof,
- the book I saw states that speed is the determining factor in assessing driver
- safety, and proceeds to clearly declare that speed enforcement is the best way
- to ensure safety on our highways. As far as I am concerned, one of the main
- points of the book -- with no basis in fact.
-
- This after every study that I have seen has clearly shown that driver speed is
- not affected by enforcement, and that average speed for a typical driver happens
- to be a safe speed (certainly helped by the fact that everyone else is going
- roughly that speed).
-
-
- I am honestly interested in whether the two books are the same, or whether I
- should request that my local bookseller order me a copy of the Evans book you
- describe.
-
- -hagger
-