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Thread #159617 Message #3782310
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
30-Mar-16 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: London Buses V Terrorism
Subject: RE: BS: London Buses V Terrorism
Bare statistics prove little or nothing.
According to the department for transport 15% of all fatalities in road accidents involved at least one driver who was over the drink drive limit.
It doesn't mean that if there was one drunk driver & one sober driver that it was automatically the drunk driver that was at fault, but that would be the usual assumption.
Even if accidents involving one drunk & one sober driver are all caused by the drunk driver, it still means that 85% of fatalities are caused by sober drivers!