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Flawed red light camera logic?
Posted By katie allison granju
Over at TSINAWS, they’re not impressed with recent media coverage of the efficacy of Knoxville’s red light cameras in saving lives:
So the News Sentinel sang the praises of the RedFlex Red light Cameras yesterday. According to our distinguished editors, the fact that there were no deaths last year after the cameras were installed, versus the two deaths that occurred the year prior to their existence is overwhelming evidence that they are working and saving lives.
Wow, what incredible statistical analysis! I mean last year I got sick twice after I ate at Wendy’s, but this year, because they put up the sign that said employees must wash hands before returning to work, I haven’t gotten sick. According to the News Sentinels methods, this is a completely valid approach to analyzing cause and effect.
Hat tip to Michael Silence.
Feb 24th, 2008
since you’re following this:
even though our blog has generally been anti red light cameras, i’ve been openly skeptical of cliff clark’s “methods” to get the message out. now my teddy bear post is drawing hostile and obscene anonymous comments from someone impersonating clark/clark. i addressed this in our latest post, check it out…