| Meaningful measurements |
| all posts - catalyst blog |
| Monday, 23 February 2009 01:57 |
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We shouldn't be surprised that road safety authorities are obsessed with speeding - it's an easily measured safety factor in a sea of possible factors (fatigue, distractions, blood alcohol, skill, training, conditions and vehicle maintenance to name a few) that are not. It was then only a short step to attribute meaning to that limited data set and blame speeding for almost everything. This long-running road safety TVC is a particularly good example of this, blaming speed for three dangerous behaviours that include no speeding at all:
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