JJ Leeming - ahead of his time?

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Sat 19 Mar 2005 08:45
JJ Leeming - ahead of his time? - teabelly
www.abd.org.uk/jjleeming.htm

John Leeming was County Surveyor of Dorset and was a firm believer that road accidents could be reduced by a scientific and dispassionate analysis of their causes. He was strongly opposed to the view that accidents are caused by the wilful misdeeds of drivers, who must therefore be punished for their 'crimes'. Indeed, he pointed out that this blame culture leads to drivers being reluctant to talk openly about their actions to accident investigators for fear of prosecution, with the result that the true contributory factors may never be established.

I had never heard of him until now but he seemed to be a switched on fellow that abhored the poor use of statistics and believed in using control sites to assess road safety improvements properly.

The article is on the ABD website so I am assuming some selective quoting might have occurred :-)
teabelly
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Sat 19 Mar 2005 16:11
JJ Leeming - ahead of his time? - Dwight Van Driver
Road accidents could be reduced by a scientific and dispassionate analysis of their causes.

Yup Teabelly spot on. Problem is at the end of the exercise 95% plus of the cause is that nut behind the wheel.

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Sat 19 Mar 2005 16:13
JJ Leeming - ahead of his time? - Pugugly {P}
Well said DVD.
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