Showing posts with label road safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label road safety. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Errata
Yeah, eh, see there was a comment questioning the numbers I mentioned in this post. Regarding this error, initial investigations reveal that 100 is the problem. I.e., I forgot to carry the 100. I believe that the death rate should be quoted per 100 000 rather than per 1000. Apologies. This will probably happen again at some stage. So, its 9/100000 for the construction working, and 17/100000 for the licenseholders. I think that makes better sense. Stephen?
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Hello
We're back from New York! Pictures and report to follow, if I can find the time and the inclination (those often don't occur together). We had a great time - but it's a tiring town. More on that later.
I apologise for any confusion with the blog - something funny has happened, I thought I'd deleted the double post that you see below, and I thought I'd told you we were going to NYC. Anyhoo, you takes your free stuff and you pays for your chances.
So, glad we didn't go to Thailand then, given the news of the coup was on the screens whilst we were waiting in the departure lounge.
No progress on the house. I did note yesterday that whilst the ESB have our address for bills, they appear not to have it for those courtesy notes that say "all your frozen stuff will be thawed on Wednesday evening, free of charge" which is great.
Anybody who knows how much the taxpayer spends in Ireland on a) road safety and b)construction site safety? I'm doing a quick calculation..... whilst on a 4-yearly safety pass course I wondered if the monies are comparable or in proportion to each other - at the end of 2005, 9 people per thousand workers (ppt) were killed on construction sites (for 2005), whilst
in the same year, about 17 ppt licenseholders were killed on the roads. Do we spend twice on road safety what we spend on site safety? Should we get a Safepass for the Roads? Anyone with figures or thoughts, you know where the comments button is. If you don't, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
I apologise for any confusion with the blog - something funny has happened, I thought I'd deleted the double post that you see below, and I thought I'd told you we were going to NYC. Anyhoo, you takes your free stuff and you pays for your chances.
So, glad we didn't go to Thailand then, given the news of the coup was on the screens whilst we were waiting in the departure lounge.
No progress on the house. I did note yesterday that whilst the ESB have our address for bills, they appear not to have it for those courtesy notes that say "all your frozen stuff will be thawed on Wednesday evening, free of charge" which is great.
Anybody who knows how much the taxpayer spends in Ireland on a) road safety and b)construction site safety? I'm doing a quick calculation..... whilst on a 4-yearly safety pass course I wondered if the monies are comparable or in proportion to each other - at the end of 2005, 9 people per thousand workers (ppt) were killed on construction sites (for 2005), whilst
in the same year, about 17 ppt licenseholders were killed on the roads. Do we spend twice on road safety what we spend on site safety? Should we get a Safepass for the Roads? Anyone with figures or thoughts, you know where the comments button is. If you don't, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
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