Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Relax already

StatsChat's excellent Thomas Lumley featured on Radio Live, poking holes in the doomsayers' balloons. He notes:

  • Reducing the BAC from .08 to .05 is unlikely to be cost-effective relative to other mechanisms to reduce the road toll;
  • The overall road toll is well down;
  • There is no crisis in youth drinking - the numbers are rather going the other way;
  • Youth sexual activity is down too;
  • Crime stats are getting better;
  • People play up the scary numbers.
None of these will be news to loyal readers, but will be news to many Radio Live listeners. I hope more Radio Live listeners flip over to Stats Chat.