Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?

Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low? by cheald on Monday August 04, 2014 @06:26PM (#8134413)

I was looking for government numbers for those years, but didn't have much luck. Thanks for the FARS keyword - that looks like it should have the datasets I need! I'm going grab and parse them and see if there's an actual difference in the data.

I somewhat doubt the data was made up, but it's possible that the roadway classifications were chosen in such a way that the datasets supported the point.

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Re:Is Every Speed Limit Too Low? by softgrow on Monday August 04, 2014 @08:17PM (#8134835)

No I think the so called paradox was made up, To verify:

  http://www.nhtsa.gov/FARS
  Select tab "Run a Query Using the FARS Web-Based Encyclopaedia"
  "Query Fars DATA" which takes you to 
  http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov//QueryTool/QuerySection/SelectYear.aspx
  For each year 1998,1999,2000
    Select Query Year, e.g. 2000, then Submit
    In the top section Tick 
     “Roadway Function Class” 
     and “Month”, then Submit
    Select State: Montanta, and RFC Roadway Function 
    Class “Rural-Principal Arterial-Interstate”
    Select Univariate Tabulation
    Select Variable - Crash Month and “Show Zeros” Yes

Output

  1998-4,0,2,4,5,1,5,4,0,0,3,2,30
  1999-1,1,3,2,1,0,2,9,4,2,1,4,30
  2000-2,1,3,5,1,5,3,3,3,1,4,4,35

Then lose your doubts.

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