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On the Briggs matter, I'm sure he's had a pretty awful last couple of weeks but I'm not sure it would have been the first thing on my list to do in 2018...

brooksby wrote:

Can someone more mathematically inclined than me tell me whether the variations in those numbers actually mean anything at all??

I suspect your question was rhetorical, but the road.cc news blog already has your answer:

road.cc wrote:

Furthermore, any variation is statistically insignificant - the number of convictions has fluctuated between four and twelve, with no real pattern, over the last ten years.

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brooksby wrote:

And, if the laws are so out of date, how come people nevertheless get convicted under them?  I didn't realise laws have a 'use-by' date.

This.

brooksby wrote:

I wish the Govt would get on with the general review of road traffic laws that was promised (how many years ago now...?)

And this.

On the Briggs matter: the Sky News figures state as follows

Convictions relating to dangerous cycling

2014 - 24

2015 - 23

2016 - 26

Convictions relating to careless or inconsiderate cycling

2014 - 96

2015 - 85

2016 - 63

Can someone more mathematically inclined than me tell me whether the variations in those numbers actually mean anything at all?? 

I wonder what the comparable numbers/variations are for motorists over the same period?

And, if the laws are so out of date, how come people nevertheless get convicted under them?  I didn't realise laws have a 'use-by' date.

I wish the Govt would get on with the general review of road traffic laws that was promised (how many years ago now...?)