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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Schindler" data-source="post: 601991" data-attributes="member: 56140"><p>Speaking of stats and hw they can be misleading.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ohio's maximum speed limit on interstates is 65 MPH for cars and 55 MPH for trucksw such as semi's, Heavy dump trucks, non-commercial busses.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Ohio Turnpike Commission (toll road) is a private road. To increase revenue, they allowed all vehicles to go 65 MPH. People screamed that the higher speed of trucks would cause more accidents.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>After the speed limit went up, accidents went up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess they were right...or were they.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They forgot to mention, traffic on the turnpike increased by 30+% while the accident rate actually was lowered because the accident ratio per vehicle is less.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How accurate are stastics? Only as accurate as the ones presenting them allow them to be.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Stats can be very misleading, like my example above.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Schindler, post: 601991, member: 56140"] Speaking of stats and hw they can be misleading. Ohio's maximum speed limit on interstates is 65 MPH for cars and 55 MPH for trucksw such as semi's, Heavy dump trucks, non-commercial busses. The Ohio Turnpike Commission (toll road) is a private road. To increase revenue, they allowed all vehicles to go 65 MPH. People screamed that the higher speed of trucks would cause more accidents. After the speed limit went up, accidents went up. I guess they were right...or were they. They forgot to mention, traffic on the turnpike increased by 30+% while the accident rate actually was lowered because the accident ratio per vehicle is less. How accurate are stastics? Only as accurate as the ones presenting them allow them to be. Stats can be very misleading, like my example above. Tom [/QUOTE]
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