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LBC wrong drug-driving figures wrong
DIR By: roythebus
Date: December 21, 2024, 4:56 am
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Listiening to LBC (talk radio) news item this morning, there was
an item about the dangers of drug driving, stating that drug
driving was responsible for 1600 road deaths last year. As the
total road deaths last year was about 1800 and has been around
that figure for a few years, I fail to see that their figures
are accurate.
And Kent Police announcing their annual Christmas crackdown on
drunk drivers, last year they caught 60, an amazing two a day!
Why bother?
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Re: LBC wrong drug-driving figures wrong
DIR By: 666
Date: December 21, 2024, 5:15 am
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You're right - "Drug driving accounted for 1,624 road fatalities
last year - a 170% increase in less than a decade." - and
they've even put it in writing on their website:
HTML https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/55-drivers-arrested-for-drink-driving-daily-transport/
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Re: LBC wrong drug-driving figures wrong
DIR By: Chijiki
Date: December 21, 2024, 5:24 am
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There's some iffy figures being bandied about.
The D.O.T. website shows the 1624 fatalities figure to be total
deaths in the year 2023.
See item 2 in attached link :-
HTML https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2023/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2023#:~:text=In%20reported%20road%20collisions%20in,little%20change%20compared%20to%202022
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Re: LBC wrong drug-driving figures wrong
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: December 21, 2024, 11:04 am
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It's simple. Drug driving is a cause of road deaths. Road deaths
were 1624, therefore drug driving caused 1624 road deaths. Even
Diane Abbott can understand that.
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Re: LBC wrong drug-driving figures wrong
DIR By: mickR
Date: December 21, 2024, 11:22 am
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eh?? :(
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Re: LBC wrong drug-driving figures wrong
DIR By: roythebus
Date: December 22, 2024, 1:57 pm
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I wonder if an email complaint to LBC would make them issue a
correction? <cue Monty Python dead parrot sketch>
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