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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 18:28:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 18:28:00 1986
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There are those of us who aren't as easily convinced that the 55
was the only factor in the decline in highway deaths.  Some other
factors may include the fact that, with gas in short supply, people
drove fewer miles.  There is also the possibility that cars were
getting noticably safer than in previous years.  I'm not a statistician
nor do I have a good handle on all the raw data, but to assume
that there was a relationship between the 55 and lower highway
deaths without a careful analysis of the data doesn't cut it.


R.M. Mottola
Intermetrics Inc.
733 Concord Ave.
Cambridge MA. 02138

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