David Hansen wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:39:11 +0100 someone who may be steve.trent
wrote this:-

Try Bob Davis, "Death on the Streets, Cars and the mythology of road
safety" and follow the references.

Oh yes- the book which was printed thirteen years ago - you would
have thought things may have moved on since then.

Many books were printed much more than 13 years ago. That does not
mean that what they have to say is irrelevant.

I note that you have attacked the age of the book, rather than the
arguments it makes. It is the sort of diversionary tactic adopted by
those with no better arguments.

Not really.
When a 13 year old book uses terms like "existing trends", it's pretty asfe
to assume that they're talking about the trends 13 years ago.
Therefore, to discount it as a reliable source of data on todays current
trends is entirely reasonable.