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Nev..

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/24/1090464910659.html

"Police are at a loss to explain a 47 per cent increase in the number of women
killed on Victoria's roads this year compared with the same period in 2003.

"The Victorian road toll is up only 4 per cent.

"Superintendent Keogh said it was too early to determine if the jump was an
anomaly, or the beginning of a trend, but he warned that mobile phones were an
increasing safety issue.

"The RACV's head of public policy, Ken Ogden said he also had no explanation
for the increase in the number of female fatalities this year, but said issues
such as mobile phones and text messaging could be factors."

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am
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They cant say that with bikes , ie text messaging mobile phone use , so is
the rise consistant with bikes ?

Id say these guys need to be educated rather than *Guess* about statistics

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Trevor S

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am
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"Nev.." <idiot RemoveThis @mindless.com> wrote in
news:4102EE8E.3992C15@mindless.com:

<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/24/1090464910659.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/24/1090464910659.html</font</a>>
 >
 > "Police are at a loss to explain a 47 per cent increase in the number
 > of women killed on Victoria's roads this year compared with the same
 > period in 2003.
 >
 > "The Victorian road toll is up only 4 per cent.
 >
 > "Superintendent Keogh said it was too early to determine if the jump
 > was an anomaly, or the beginning of a trend, but he warned that mobile
 > phones were an increasing safety issue.
 >
 > "The RACV's head of public policy, Ken Ogden said he also had no
 > explanation for the increase in the number of female fatalities this
 > year, but said issues such as mobile phones and text messaging could
 > be factors."

Surely the answer is obvious in decreasing the road toll ? Use more speed
cameras !

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Zebee Johnstone

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am
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In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:25:52 GMT
FruitLoop <Hyperactive.DeleteThis@fruitloop.net> wrote:
 > They cant say that with bikes , ie text messaging mobile phone use , so is
 > the rise consistant with bikes ?
 >
 > Id say these guys need to be educated rather than *Guess* about statistics


Later on the in same article, someone says with perfect sense that the
focus on fatalities means you get numbers too small to get useful
information from, and they should be looking at serious injury crashes
as well. And if you do *that* the numbers look quite different...

Zebee

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Aido

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am
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Get it right Trev, They're called "Safety Cameras".
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 > Surely the answer is obvious in decreasing the road toll ? Use more speed
 > cameras !
 >
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 > Trevor S
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 > "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
 > -Albert Einstein<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Jason Burton-Woods

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:23 pm
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and remove the 'make up' mirrors in the sun visors.

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JasonBW - Wollongong
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 > "Trevor S" wrote in message:
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  > > Surely the answer is obvious in decreasing the road toll ? Use more
speed
  > > cameras !<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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