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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I dont see how its not justified. Making left turns on a solid green is dangerous, and passing on a two lane highway is impossible. Given the demographic most likely to buy these cars its probably not a false statistic.
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It's not justified because they've completely made up the statistics. For example, ICBC has even been caught using North American LHD cars in their accident reports and representing them as RHD imports.
They're also using ALL insurance claims to build the foundation of their reports. This means that a RHD import that was hit in a parking lot has been used to up their tally of RHD vehicles "causing accidents".
You would think that the two examples you provided would indicate a higher rise in accidents, but the
real numbers don't indicate that at all. Plus you have to consider the intangibles (ie. I would argue that most people who import RHD vehicles are enthusiasts are better drivers than a lot of the LHD people in this country). No fact here, just an assumption on my part.
Just so you guys know I'm not pulling things out of my butt:
That's a binder full of statistics from the ICBC report. As I recall, the highlighted parts contain
serious flaws (such as a LHD vehicle being used in the report).