Monthly Archive: October 2009

Oct
28
2009

Moral hazard: bonuses, seat belts and condoms

(If experiencing problems with IE7, please try Firefox, Opera or Safari) “Moral hazard” is a term that dates back to the 1600s. Until recent times its use has been mostly confined to the insurance industry to refer to behaviour that responds to changes in perceived risk. The industry has noticed that people who have contents …

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Oct
21
2009

Safety Fears Stop Bikes For Africa

This is one I have to share Found on an excellent website – http://www.copenhagenize.com/ 18 September 2009 “Here’s an appropriate little ‘wedgie’ in the Fear of Cycling series. The Isle of Wight County Press Online [big name for a little paper ] reports that the Hampshire Constabulary has cut off supplying unclaimed stolen bikes to …

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Oct
16
2009

Final open letter to Executive Director of PACTS

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(If experiencing problems with IE7, please try Firefox, Opera or Safari) To Robert Gifford Executive Director, The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety Dear Rob Failing a response, I propose to draw this one-sided correspondence to a close. I believe that I have established: a. that the claim that seat belts have saved 60000 lives …

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Oct
06
2009

Third Open Letter to Executive Director of PACTS

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To Robert Gifford Executive Director, The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety Dear Rob Thank you for sending me a paper claiming that seat belts have saved 57000 lives in the UK between 1983 and 2007.  Is this the source of the 60000 claim posted on  your website in 2008? I have discovered that the …

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