[Quietcars] Preliminary 2007 Accident Analysis

[Michael Hingson]

Bob,

I think that going back to the beginning, while providing a larger sample,
will not necessarily provide accurate results.  We are now just getting to a
stage where a large number of these vehicles are on the road.

So, have we gotten out of the pioneer driver stage?  Is the complexion of
hybrid and silent car drivers changing?

No matter, the basic point is still that no matter how differently
manufacturers construct their vehicles without auditory cues of some kind
the manufacturers are endangering pedestrians.  Denying this is like saying
that sighted people do not require light to function including driving
about.


Mike Hingson

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-----Original Message-----
From: quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:quietcars-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Wilson
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:52 AM
To: quietcars at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Preliminary 2007 Accident Analysis


Hi Mike,

.. . .> The statistical sample is still quite small. . . .
I agree that for one year, 2007, the total number of Prius accidents as a
sample set remains smaller than statistically desirable but it would be
wrong to dismiss it. In my case, expanding the analysis to cover all years
we have had Prius, back to the earliest sales in 2000, would bring us back
into large numbers that meet anyone's statistical confidence level. As time
moves on, the accident sample set grows larger and the 2007 data is
relatively new.
Bob Wilson




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