boomer

For a while now, i have wondered exactly what KSI (Killed or Seriously Injured) meant? It is used by the pro-GATSO and anti-speed lobby to justify even more draconian enforcement of the ever decreasing speed limits on our tiny island.

Now KSI starts with killed, which is bad - something that we don't want to happen.

But SI - Seriously Injured? Maybe spinal damage that results in wheelchair use for the rest of your life? Perhaps a collapsed lung that needs several weeks in intensive care to recover? Even worse, maybe it involves a lost limb and permanant disability?

Well Seriously Injured does include the above, but also lesser injuries such as a broken finger or severe general shock - at least according to http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadsafe...trec/index.htm.

"Serious Injury - An injury for which the person is detained in hospital as an in-patient, or any of the following injuries whether or not the casualty is detained in hospital: fractures, concussion, internal injuries, crushings, severe cuts and lacerations, severe general shock requiring medical treatment and injuries causing death 30 or more days after the crash."

Now i don't want to imply that we should all drive like maniacs, but to justify installing GATSOs (at our expense) because 8 people had a nasty bang in the last couple of years does seem to be taking the michael!

Here is yet another example of statistics being manipulated to justify further clamping down on the general population [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

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