On 28 Aug, 09:11, "Graculus"
hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:>> Motorists moderating their own behaviour? Wonders will never cease!
>> Who knows, they might even start leaving their cars at home?
>
>> "Congestion on Britain's motorways and major trunk roads has reduced
>> because of fears over the credit crunch, a survey suggests.
>
>> Traffic jams were down by 12%% in the first six months of this year,
>> compared with the January-June 2007 period.
>
>> Navigation specialist Trafficmaster said rising fuel prices and
>> general money worries were making people think more carefully about
>> their driving.
>
>> This had led to fewer journeys and drivers going slower to cut fuel
>> bills.
>
>> The average motorway speed also went down from 63.3mph for the year
>> ending June 2007 to 62.2mph over the 12-month period ending June 2008.
>
>> However, although motorists have taken 0.3%% off their journey times
>> over the same year-long period, journey times have risen by 2.6%% since
>> 2005...."
>
>> More:
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>
> Just to prove that Doug knows nothing about statistics, and is happy to lap
> up any survey that happens to support his view, there's
this:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7542886.stm, which specifically debunks
> this particular made-up statistic, and in general says that pretty much all
> such surveys/stats reported in the papers are massively skewed in order to
> fit in with someone's viewpoint or story that they're trying to push.
>
> Next time, Doug, think a little about the stats being peddled, and ask
> yourself what is it that they are carefully omitting from the numbers.-
It's not gonna happen. Gollum is like the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz -
"if only I had a brain ...".
