"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message
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Thomas Borchert opined

Ash,

There was a drop in driver and passenger
deaths. There was also an increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths.


Yes? So? What's the correlation?

Change in law, deaths inside cars go down with increased seatbelt usage as
expected. But there was an increase in deaths outside of cars at the same
time.

Sounds like a correlation to me.

There is a steady decline in both the number of newborn babies in
Germany and the number of storks living here. Is that proof for the
traditional belief that storks bring the babies?

It's a correlation.

There is a difference. There is no theory to tie storks and babies
together.
There is a reason to tie seatbelt usage ( _and other safety devices_ ) to
changes in death rates. Insurance changes behaviour.

BINGO!! Ash!

Finally someone understand the psychological aspects of something as simple
and commonplace as driving a car.