Not exact matches
Coaches are the most widely used mode of transport for school trips and
statistically speaking, are six
times safer per mile than cars (Transport Statistics 2000: DETR).
This is the sad reality of our
times — that kids are no longer allowed the same freedoms that previous generations did, despite the fact that,
statistically, there has never been a
safer time to be a kid in America.
It is obvious that assigning a pair of traffic cops to park on a protected bike lane (
statistically ten
times safer than anywhere else in the city) for a few days each summer, to meet an arbitrary quota of $ 29 fines has little to do with keeping road users
safe.