truthfindergeneral
Senior Member
'http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/135556/Road-risk-to-deprived-area-children'....
'"We've cut the number of child pedestrians killed or seriously hurt on the roads by 57% since the mid-1990s - that means 76 fewer deaths and 2,307 fewer serious injuries in a year. But the death of even one child is one too many and we will continue working to cut this terrible toll.'.
So are they saying that they will prevent even one death ?
Kids in so called deprived areas, are more likely to be knifed to death, die of a drugs related issue or die whilst larking about on the railway or a factory roof, or suffer from being involved in UTMV.
Funny though, it's the ones where road users are involved where we see the same old ' more restrictions needed " crap - ''The report, entitled Improving Road Safety For Pedestrians And Cyclists In Great Britain, also called for schemes to reduce speed, including the use of speed cameras, 20mph zones and road humps. ''
As for this bit ' Commenting on the report, the committee's chairman, Edward Leigh, said: "The department has now identified the scale of the mismatch - some 230,000 casualties were reported to the police in 2008 against an estimated true figure of around 800,000. It is extremely important that the department now devise a formula for adjusting the police data so that we get a more accurate picture each year of the department's progress against its targets." ''
Well it reads to me as ' lets keep fiddling the figure to make it appear every bit as bad as we claim it is, other wise we'll be in danger of running out of sticks to beat the motorist with '
'"We've cut the number of child pedestrians killed or seriously hurt on the roads by 57% since the mid-1990s - that means 76 fewer deaths and 2,307 fewer serious injuries in a year. But the death of even one child is one too many and we will continue working to cut this terrible toll.'.
So are they saying that they will prevent even one death ?
Kids in so called deprived areas, are more likely to be knifed to death, die of a drugs related issue or die whilst larking about on the railway or a factory roof, or suffer from being involved in UTMV.
Funny though, it's the ones where road users are involved where we see the same old ' more restrictions needed " crap - ''The report, entitled Improving Road Safety For Pedestrians And Cyclists In Great Britain, also called for schemes to reduce speed, including the use of speed cameras, 20mph zones and road humps. ''
As for this bit ' Commenting on the report, the committee's chairman, Edward Leigh, said: "The department has now identified the scale of the mismatch - some 230,000 casualties were reported to the police in 2008 against an estimated true figure of around 800,000. It is extremely important that the department now devise a formula for adjusting the police data so that we get a more accurate picture each year of the department's progress against its targets." ''
Well it reads to me as ' lets keep fiddling the figure to make it appear every bit as bad as we claim it is, other wise we'll be in danger of running out of sticks to beat the motorist with '