Saturday, July 30, 2011

Lies, damn lies and statistics

From Freakonomics:Killer Cars: An Extra 1,000 Pounds Increases Crash Fatalities by 47%


Translation: If you have a big car that collides with a smaller car, the small car folks are toast.

Reminded me of this:


My rant here at BNN.

As for our family: yes, we have a small car for local trips, a pickup truck for when we shop or have small deliveries, and a 2 ton truck for the farm.

And for shopping in town, I hire a tricycle, or walk...

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Related item: car accidents are more common after NASCAR is shown on tv, but not the same day but five days later, a fact that the authors claim is

alas, one comment noted the obvious flaw:

Most NASCAR races are on Sundays. 5 days after a Sunday is a FRIDAY......

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