{"id":10160,"date":"2012-08-26T00:37:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T23:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=10160"},"modified":"2012-08-26T00:37:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T23:37:46","slug":"tougher-tests-for-older-drivers-questioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=10160","title":{"rendered":"Tougher Tests For Older Drivers Questioned?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article from an Australian newspaper<\/a> is ridiculously misleading.<\/p>\n

It starts off by saying that research at Plymouth University has shown that elderly drivers are no more likely to die in road accidents than 20-year olds. Without saying so outright, there is obviously an implication about older drivers being no worse than younger ones.<\/p>\n

But the \u201cstudy\u201d also found that older people are five times more likely to die as pedestrians (being hit by cars). I\u2019m not sure what this implies.<\/p>\n

The leader of the \u201cstudy\u201d said:<\/p>\n

You shouldn’t assume that your granddad should avoid getting behind the wheel because he won’t necessarily be safer walking down the street.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, it\u2019s obvious, isn\u2019t it? This \u201cresearch\u201d shows clearly that old people have lived longer than younger ones! Oooh. And that winter is coming.<\/p>\n

Seriously, I haven\u2019t got a clue what either the Australian source or the amateur nerds at Plymouth University are trying to say. All I know is that there is a worrying trend towards bad statistics these days. Too many A* GCSEs a few years ago, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article from an Australian newspaper is ridiculously misleading. It starts off by saying that research at Plymouth University has shown that elderly drivers are no more likely to die in road accidents than 20-year olds. Without saying so outright, there is obviously an implication about older drivers being no worse than younger ones. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[86,99,102,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-drivers","category-funny-related","category-general-related","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t