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jclemens@big.aa.net (Jonathan Clemens) wrote:

>* The document makes no reference to numbers of miles travelled in
>each year.

That was the first thing I noticed too, probably because it was right
there at the beginning of the body on page 4.  This allows speculation
as to how much impact other factors may have had on the numbers. 

>Any analysis cannot assume that that remains constant,
>yet this report you cite does virutally that--it acknowledges the
>data as unavailable, but then assumes it remains constant.

A trend is not a constant.  I think that's pointed out in the same
paragraph.

>I'd certainly laugh at any attempt to foist this document off as proof
>positive that speed kills.

Who is?  The document suggests the historical trends in higher speed
limits and traffic deaths continues... nothing I read offers proof.
On the contrary, what this document does is destroy the argument used
by some that higher speed limits alone reduce fatalities.

>While such may be the case, this document
>doesn't provide enough information for a reasonable individual to 
>draw such a conclusion.

How about an individual who has investigated thousands of crashes and
has direct access to data on thousands more crashes?  If that
individual believes excessive speed is a factor would that opinion not
carry some weight?


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