On 28/03/2012 11:44, dennis@home wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:



"Tim Watts" wrote in message
news dennis@home wrote:



"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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That 99% of accidents are caused by stupid drivers or bad luck, not
failure to keep exactly to arbitrary speed limits?

No, 99% of accidents are caused because the driver was going too fast.
Luck is not required.

Cite please...

Cite a car accident where it would have happened if the car wasn't going
slower.
More than 1%?

No, you cite - you're the one making the assertion.

Well I have, there are less than 1% of car accidents where if the driver
was driving slow enough they would not have happened.
Virtually all accidents are avoidable by one of the parties as they are
nearly all driver error.


And you should defined "too fast". Do you mean:

a) Too fast for the conditions

b) Above the legal speed limit for the road in question?

Neither, too fast for the participants to avoid the accident.

Its like this.. if you can foresee an accident happening, you would slow
down to avoid it.

Even if slowing down will make the accident more likely?

What about accidents you can't foresee?

Some drivers do this better than others.

And let me guess, you are one of the better ones...

They are the ones that the poor drivers say are driving too slow.
The fact the poor drivers have been held up prevents the accident
happening so they never get to see what the hazard was reinforcing their
mistaken beliefs that the good driver was driving too slow.

Its when dennis spouts twaddle like this, one realised he is probably so
far up his own arse, that a boat hook is not going to get him out. I
suggest leaving him there

Its when the poor drivers get to make the decisions that they crash.

Ah so that was your excuse...

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Cheers,

John.

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