If 50% of all interstate traffic deaths...

cledussnow · 10-08-2015, 12:40 PM

were discovered to (over a 50 year study) be the result of drivers from the following seven states:

Arizona
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Tennessee
Washington

Would it be prudent for a highway patrolman to watch a car with one of these 7 plates a bit more closely?

Would you be more cautious when encountering a car on the interstate bearing the license plate of one of these 7?

Or do you feel it is something no one should be concerned with at all?

If you choose to answer any or all, please also provide the reason for your answer.

**Frownland** · 10-08-2015, 02:14 PM

Link up the study. I feel like there would be ****loads of confounding factors in this, especially the way that you phrased it making it seem like it's strictly numerically based and not per capita.

DwnWthVwls · 10-08-2015, 02:25 PM

How is NJ not on this list. I call bs.

Psy-Fi · 10-08-2015, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

How is NJ not on this list. I call bs.

That was my first thought for first place on that list.

Followed by New York in second place.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 10-08-2015, 03:39 PM

it's a made up hypothetical scenario that is designed to spark debate on police profiling you twats

Psy-Fi · 10-08-2015, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

it's a made up hypothetical scenario that is designed to spark debate on police profiling you twats

I figured that was the intention of the thread.

Still, it just doesn't seem right without NJ & NY at the top of the list.

10-08-2015, 12:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
cledussnow Music Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: North Alabama via New Orleans Posts: 149	If 50% of all interstate traffic deaths... were discovered to (over a 50 year study) be the result of drivers from the following seven states: Arizona Indiana Maryland Massachusetts Missouri Tennessee Washington Would it be prudent for a highway patrolman to watch a car with one of these 7 plates a bit more closely? Would you be more cautious when encountering a car on the interstate bearing the license plate of one of these 7? Or do you feel it is something no one should be concerned with at all? If you choose to answer any or all, please also provide the reason for your answer.

10-08-2015, 02:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Link up the study. I feel like there would be ***loads of confounding factors in this, especially the way that you phrased it making it seem like it's strictly numerically based and not per capita. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	it's a made up hypothetical scenario that is designed to spark debate on police profiling you twats