70.Studies show that in 70 percent of traffic accidents, at least one driver involved is less than 10 miles from home when the accident occurs. This statistic indicates that drivers have a tendency to drive incautiously when they are close to home, probably because familiar surroundings give them a false sense of security. Thus, the places where people feel safest are the places where they are in fact at greatest risk of serious injury.
似乎很有道理的样子,我是大脑短路中,只能想到:
1 survey might not from authority. (May I say it like that?)
We are not sure the sample range, the time it lasting, the methods they statistics the data etc...
2 there might be other cause not contented in this argument.
原帖由 @amy@ 于 2006-2-20 10:43 发表
(1)没说明调查的样本有多少,只说70%和at least one driver,不足以说明发生这种情况的概率。
(2)草率地认为发生这种情况是因为familiar surroundings give them a false sense of security,有可能有其他原因,比如路况不好、酒后驾车等等。
(3)没有证据说明the places where people feel safest是最危险的。
原帖由 jingjingtous 于 2006-2-20 11:49 发表
1 仅凭这些implicit的事故的数据作者认为离家近的drive有不慎驾驶的倾向是arbitrary的
事故的原因没有说明,未必在于离家近的driver,可能是离家远的司机造成的,可能是行人,或bicycle riders等(我觉得放在调查的样本,调查者,调查时间,随机性上根本讲不出什么名堂来)
2 既便如此,没证据表明是离家近的环境更熟悉导致的错误安全感使drivers容易不慎驾驶,不一定离家近的环境就熟悉吧,可能是新家,可能经常跑其它地方工作环境更熟(我知道这有点绕,但真的,这是常识,要不然真的没什么可写拉^_^),即使熟悉未必产生错误安全感吧?common sense informs us if the accident rate will be lower if drivers are more familiar with the route and surroundings
3 草率推广了吧hasty analogy, 即使离家近的地方容易产生错误安全感,但是不意味着所以人们认为感到安全的地方就是最高风险的地方,让人们感到最安全的地方可以是家,公园,等等,难到这些地方很危险吗?荒谬(最后一句话我不知道能不能脱离drivers and traffic accidents来驳斥,请教!
如果单纯理解为drivers 感到最安全的地方其实是最容易出事故的地方,可以这样驳斥出事故有很多原因,如exceed the limited speed, over loading, drinking, 等等 反正未必是错误安全感吧?