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Re:What if we tested laws before passing them? by alexandros on Monday December 13, 2010 @09:28AM (#2000525)
For your seatbelt experiment, you can always separate the population based on license plates. There, randomness restored.
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Re:What if we tested laws before passing them? by tokenadult on Monday December 13, 2010 @09:34AM (#2000545)
That depends on whether or not license plate numbers are assigned by county, or by driver last name, or some other nonrandom criterion. And in some states, significant numbers of drivers choose their own customized license plate numbers.
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