Posts by Anonymous Coward 6 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Sep 2008
"The transport authority believes that it would have significant effects in reducing fatal accidents, noting that most such occur in areas with a 30mph limit or less. "
And how many fatal accidents are caused by vehicles travelling over the speed limit? I am sure the trial will show an improvement as the figures will be cooked but I doubt there will be an statistically significant drop in deaths.
WTF is the "Centre for Life in Newcastle"? What clever piece of research have they done on this? Which peer-reviewed journal has it appeared in? Or is this some random "scientist" making another unsubstantiated PR statement.
Not, you understand, that I am against bacon sarnies. Had a few last Sunday meself.
Mine's my pigskin jacket that is too small around the waist.
I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the fact that BT has a huge number of lawyers on the payroll working (?) on wayleaves, conveyancing, contracts (for both customers and suppliers), disputes with staff (unfair dismissal, discrimination etc), compliance with statutory regulation (Elf & Safety and OFCOM jokes for example) as well as security and spying (sorry, tracking users' surfing habits to offer them a better experience). I would be surprised if they felt that they needed to seek opinion on the Phorm trials outside the company. The answer they were given by their own lawyers might reflect the desire to please rather than a considered opinion on what was, probably, something a bit outside their normal remit. They, BT, might be now regretting that fact,
AC
Normally I post here using my real name but, as a former BT employee at their main London office for a quarter of a century (was it only that long?), I am adopting the AC nom-de-plume. Is PH a nom-de-plume or a bad parenting decision?
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