{"id":875,"date":"2014-03-03T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=875"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","slug":"iam-embarrasses-itself-again-with-shonky-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/iam-embarrasses-itself-again-with-shonky-research\/","title":{"rendered":"IAM embarrasses itself again with shonky research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Advanced Motorists should stick to doing what it does most excellently: teaching people how to drive awesomely. It should stop doing poorly conducted and contradictory research.<\/p>\n<p>The latest embarrassment for the IAM is new research outlining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iam.org.uk\/media-and-research\/media-centre\/news-archive\/20439-what-takes-our-eyes-off-the-road\" target=\"_blank\">what most takes our eyes off the road.<\/a> We know (and it&#8217;s obvious) that if something takes our eyes off the road, then it distracts us &#8211; it means we are not paying attention while driving. However, a couple of weeks ago, the IAM released some research that said that only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iam.org.uk\/media-and-research\/media-centre\/news-archive\/20433-survey-finds-four-out-of-ten-drivers-not-concentrating\" target=\"_blank\">40% of drivers drive distracted<\/a>. We <a href=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/40-of-drivers-dont-concentrate-says-iam\/\" target=\"_blank\">contested this because it was blatantly untrue<\/a> (the research methods were flawed from the start by just &#8216;asking&#8217; people if they drove distracted, so this is more a survey about honesty than driving habits).<\/p>\n<p>Again, IAM&#8217;s statistical analysis is left wanting. While 1447 respondents were polled throughout the UK (which would give a margin of error rate of around 3%), there were 10 separate regions which gives less than 150 people per region. Therefore the regional stats quoted could be out by as much as 8-9%.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, these most recent figures seem to indicate that of the 1447 drivers that were surveyed, all of them (100%) admitted to one or more of the distractions. And if they didn&#8217;t, then the survey size is even smaller. If it really was 4 in 10 people that drive distracted, Vision Critical, who helped conduct the survey would have only found 40% of the 1447 people could answer, meaning around 580 people would have been distracted and everyone else would have poked them and said, &#8220;Oi. I don&#8217;t drive distracted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>What should you take from this survey<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_877\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-877\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-877\" alt=\"Changing the radio distracted up to 34% of respondents in the 18-24 age group\" src=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/changing-the-radio-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/changing-the-radio-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/changing-the-radio-595x394.jpg 595w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/changing-the-radio.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Changing the radio distracted up to 34% of respondents in the 18-24 age group<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you want to drive safely, get a vasectomy in your teens, don&#8217;t smoke, don&#8217;t listen to music in the car, eschew a cellphone, never carry passengers, navigate using the magnetic lines of the earth, and make sure that you find no one else attractive however buff from the gym\/voluptuously buxom and scantily clad they are when walking down the road. Or you could ride a motorbike with the kind of blinkers the Amish make their horses wear.<\/p>\n<p>The basic message is that, as the Doors said in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roadhouse_Blues\" target=\"_blank\">Roadhouse Blues<\/a>, you should keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Please, IAM, either start doing meaningful research, or stick to what you are excellent at.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the results of the survey:<\/p>\n<h3>Age and gender breakdown<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">18-24<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">25-34<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">35-44<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">45-54<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">55-64<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">65+<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">Male<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">Female<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Looking at the view<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">29<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">30<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">35<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">34<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">36<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">32<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Children in the car<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">32<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">41<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">31<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">25<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">27<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Changing the radio channel<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">34<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">32<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">25<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">28<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">25<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">25<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Backseat drivers<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">18<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">22<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">27<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">29<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">36<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">27<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Mobile phone calls<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">27<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">24<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">20<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">26<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Sat Nav<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">13<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">16<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">14<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">15<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">16<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">13<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">15<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Attractive pedestrians, drivers or passengers<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">16<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"63\">16<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55\">11<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">11<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"57\">24<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"94\">Adverts and shop fronts<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" 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