Just Give it up, Already

The Age subtly chastises Andre Haermeyer by pointing out that the number of
accidents on the Western Ring Road is trending down despite the faulty
permanent cameras being switched off.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Ring-Road-mayhem-declines-witho...picture

He, in turn, defiantly screeches,

"In the 18 months those cameras were operating, we had zero deaths on the
Western Ring Road. Since September last year, we've had two already."

The cameras were switched off in May, and one of those deaths involved a guy
intent on suicide rearending another car at ~170kph in the middle of the
night. Nice fudge, 'Dre.

The article further states,

'Dr Ian Johnston, head of Monash University's Accident Research Centre, said
it was difficult to accurately analyse statistics from one stretch of road
because of the small sample size.'

Small sample size? The Ring Road?

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:00:39 +1100
IK <I.K DeleteThis @start.com.au> wrote:
 > The Age subtly chastises Andre Haermeyer by pointing out that the number of
 > accidents on the Western Ring Road is trending down despite the faulty
 > permanent cameras being switched off.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Ring-Road-mayhem-declines-without-pictures/2004/12/01/1101577553678.html?from=storylhs</font" target="_blank">http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Ring-Road-mayhem-declines-witho...picture</a>>
 >

Mind you, the way that story is worded, the no-camera stats are from 3/4
of a year, the other stats from a full year.

Probably bad journalism or subediting, but still...

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