{"id":168109166,"date":"2010-04-30T16:59:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=168109166"},"modified":"2010-04-30T16:59:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:59:26","slug":"maryland-fatality-trends-or-how-to-misrepresent-with-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=168109166","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Fatality Trends or How to Misrepresent with Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Stop the Maryland Unsafe Driver by Doug<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

The State of Maryland is apparently optimistic of what they call a general 7% downward trend in traffic fatalities with their 2010 objective of 550 deaths.  The state\u2019s graph certainly has lots of visible ups and downs.<\/p>\n

However, when you look at the graph with zero fatalities<\/strong> as the  preferred objective<\/strong> you see very little change in the fatality trend.<\/p>\n

Traffic statistics can be anything you want them to be. In the case of deaths  and injuries \u2013 ZERO is better. STOP the MUD believes our state should align traffic fatality metrics using ZERO. There is nothing exciting or encouraging about five hundred fifty deaths in 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Maryland<\/a><\/p>\n

Maryland Fatality Trend Chart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The state may like us to think there is steady improvement by showing the fatality trend in this fashion. They explain away the 2006 blip and stick to their guns that the mathematical trend shows progress. <\/p>\n

\"STOP<\/a><\/p>\n

STOP the MUD Death Trend Chart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When you actually see the yearly totals in terms of zero fatal accidents being the desired result (the desired metric,) the slight change from year to year and the 2006 blip is really explained. That explanation is that driving in Maryland is as dangerous as it seems from year to year with tens of thousands of accidents and hundreds of fatal crashes. Setting the objective at 550 does not sit well. <\/p>\n

It boils down to this. Citizens of Maryland that WANT safer highways and safer local roads must change their driving behaviors. Once the majority obey the traffic laws the police will have an easier time dealing with scofflaws. How can we expect law enforcement to make a dent in a problem that is so widespread. <\/p>\n

ZERO is our baseline. Zero is our expectation. Zero is what we will have. !00% of us must be example setters and especially those driving with organizational vanity plates. You are either a safe driver or not a safe driver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


\nhttps:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/StopTheMarylandUnsafeDriver\/~3\/krJoKxviMuU\/<\/a>oldId.20100430165926234<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from Stop the Maryland Unsafe Driver by Doug The State of Maryland is apparently optimistic of what they call a general 7% downward trend in traffic fatalities with their 2010 objective of 550 deaths.  The state\u2019s graph certainly has lots of visible ups and downs. However, when you look at the graph with zero fatalities … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Maryland Fatality Trends or How to Misrepresent with Statistics”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168109166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168109166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168109166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168109166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168109166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168109166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168109166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}