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Originally Posted by chemgear
I was pointing out that the numbers that the City are putting out are totally different (out by a full order of magnitude) now that they're trying to shove this limit reduction down your throats.
I think your confusion was your random selection of "googling 10%" of their suddenly massive claim of $1.2 billion. Nobody else was doing that.
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But that's what I'm saying. It's the
same numbers and the same order of magnitude. They're not putting out totally different numbers by a full order of magnitude, they're just saying it in a different way. Dispute the numbers and how they got to them if you want but the City is being consistent.
- The first article said all accidents in the City cost a total of 1.2 billion and reducing speed limits would save 10%-20%. 10% of 1.2 billion is 0.12 billion or 120 million.
- The second article said that the City would save 120 million by reducing speed limits.
Get it? I didn't pull 10% out of the air, it was in the article.
120 million is the same number as 0.12 billion, which is
a 10% savings from 1.2 billion.
Both articles have the City saying the same number and the same order of magnitude, they're just saying it in a different way.