Thread: What will be his IQ?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I still don't understand how you can use abuse of the law and hooning to calculate IQ????

Obedience and ego are not a functions measured by IQ testing.

Well, smart and IQ have something in common and posting a video doing something illegal it is not very smart IMO.
Then again it was only the title of the thread

Regarding speed limits and road conditions, they are not the only two factors o taken into consideration. Driving skills are one very important.
The amount of accidents that we have in the Bruce hwy between Gympie and Childers are a good example that driving skills or stupidity have a lot to do with road safety.
I know that the road is terrible specially between Cooroy and Gympie, but how many drivers drive this road at speed related to the conditions on it?
One in six fatalities in Australia are in this road

Originally Posted by ugu80

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881): "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
That's the trouble with statistics, you can usually make them do what you want. Germany has a lower fatality rate per population, but has a higher fatality rate than here on a kilometre travelled statistic. I will now counter your statement - The fatality rate is higher in Germany. Statistics say we are both right.
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It's true there's a statistic for every occasion, however, I based my argument on the data here:
http://www.internationaltransportfor...c/pdf/P144.pdf
http://www.internationaltransportfor...c/pdf/P146.pdf
http://www.internationaltransportfor...c/pdf/p143.pdf

for road deaths per 100000 population, road deaths per 100000 motor vehicles, and road deaths per billion vehicle kilometers.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

It's true there's a statistic for every occasion, however, I based my argument on the data here:
http://www.internationaltransportfor...c/pdf/P144.pdf
http://www.internationaltransportfor...c/pdf/P146.pdf
http://www.internationaltransportfor...c/pdf/p143.pdf

for road deaths per 100000 population, road deaths per 100000 motor vehicles, and road deaths per billion vehicle kilometers.

See, you can even change your stats by picking your years, in the above, 2007, or your sources. However, the latest World Health Organization stats: - Australia fatalities 5.8 per billion kms in 2011 - Germany 7.2 in 2009 (official figures).

Going too fast is not a sign of stupidity/low IQ. Racing drivers tend not to be stupid. Posting your result on the intertoobs is a sign of cluelessness rather than IQ. Many otherwise smart people have NFI how public the internet is. You can be extremely intelligent in one field and a total fool in another.

I consider myself lucky to have graduated from being a young fool to an old fool without killing myself. (although the statute of limitations may apply to speeding done 30 years ago I still won't admit to any on a public forum!)

I doubt that my IQ has changed much either way in the meantime...

Originally Posted by ugu80

See, you can even change your stats by picking your years, in the above, 2007, or your sources. However, the latest World Health Organization stats: - Australia fatalities 5.8 per billion kms in 2011 - Germany 7.2 in 2009 (official figures).

As you said in your first post - we're both right. Just shows the beauty of giving the most advantageous statistic to support what you're saying.

I reckon we could be politicians - fancy starting a party?

I think we have often misused the term IQ to equate to stupidity, but what we often mean is a lack of common sense, which is obviously an issue with this guy posting his 255KPH drive on Youtube.

How many times have you come across people of very high intelligence, who have no common sence? Personally I know a few. I even went to a BBQ with 8 people where there were nine PHD and three of us only had masters degrees. Three of the multi PHD were discussing the brick bbq the host had just built, it was the ugliest brickwork you have ever seen, but the physics professor builder had researched its construction for weeks and put the chimney up against the opening kitchen window.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I think we have often misused the term IQ to equate to stupidity, but what we often mean is a lack of common sense, which is obvious an issue with this guy posting his 255KPH drive on Youtube.

How many times have you come across people of very high intelligence, who have no common sence? Personally I know a few. I even went to a BBQ with 8 people where there were nine PHD and three of us only had masters degrees. Three of the multi PHD were discussing the brick bbq the host had just built, it was the ugliest brickwork you have ever seen, but the physics professor builder had researched its construction for weeks and put the chimney up against the opening kitchen window.

One of the leaders of the Qld. sugar industry would not employ a young engineer straight out of university. He reckoned you had to spend five years unlearning the BS out of their heads and getting them some common sense. I told my engineer son this one and he was a bit offended. The leader preferred the ones who followed the path of fitter apprenticeship-Qld. Diploma of Engineering-B. Mech. Eng. He reckoned they knew what worked and how to fix it if it didn't.

sheerluck, the statistics do positively prove at least one thing. Being on a road in India is a very bad place to be.