QUOTE(lin00b @ Feb 25 2010, 04:51 PM)
again, some fact to base your findings on. what you think is logical is not necessary true. some observation is required showing T-houses have higher accident date than non T-houses. while i dont doubt your logic, its just that
1. the care need to experience brake and/or steering failure;
2. this failure need to occur on a straight road leading to the house atthe junction
3. the driver cant control care properly to stop/evade
given that in most housing area, only residents will be traveling on the road, the speed is relatively slow, modern cars generally experience very few sudden mechanical faulure, etc etc.
it is likely that the accident rate of T houses are only a fraction of a percentage higher than non T-houses for most (a negligible value)
Yes, I shared you view on this, but undeniable, in term of statistically, the rate of accident occur with T-house or house at corner is definitely higher than ordinary one, it could be fractionanl or negligible, but surely it is higher.
At cornering time, the rate is accident is definitely higher than driving straight, due to mis-control, poor judgement etc issue.
QUOTE(abubin @ Feb 25 2010, 05:27 PM)
it's all about how convincing the person doing the talking. And how insecure the person listening.
BTW, the t-junction myth is not just about cars/lorries/motobikes strucking the house. It's also about people living in t-junction houses will get sick/accident/ill/bad luck and so on. This is the BS I am talking about.
Ok, I only focus on the probability issue, the rest issue could be more about placebo effect I posted earlier.
Don't look down on placebo effect, it could influence individual quite significantly eventually affect a lot of issue afterwards.