limit” designation.8 For the sake of an example, let’s say we combine “exceeded speed limit” and “too fast for conditions” into a single speeding-related variable. Over a recent six-year period, 28,642 pedestrians lost their lives on streets with a posted speed limit.9 How many of the drivers who killed these 28,642 pedestrians were speeding? According to FARS, the answer is 2,015. Go look at almost any road. Does it seem within the realm of possibility that the speeding problem is limited to 7 percent of drivers? Of course not, but somehow we are supposed to put faith in data that tells us
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