Dr. Samir Ahmed, PhD, PE, the Chief Engineer of the Federal Highway Administration’s motorcycle crash causation study has resigned, saying that he had “serious reservations about the value of the study.”
According to Motorcycle Consumer News, the doctor, in a parting email, wrote, “I am writing to let you know that I am no longer working on the motorcycle crash causation study. I have serious reservations about the value of study with the existing FHWA involvement. My expectations of the study are very low.”
Mandated by the busy-bodies in Congress, the study was supposed to collect date from 1,200 crashes. However, the cost of the study soon doubled, which led to a reduction of the study’s scope. Instead, data from 120 crashes, or 10% of what was originally planned, is being collected.
Wow, yet another government item that cost twice the budgeted amount and only offers a small percentage of the value advertised. If one of the lead authors does not believe in the value of the study, why should anyone who reads it?
Tell you what Jerry…. Why don’t you head on down to the hardware store, pick us up a couple of ax handles, and I’ll meet you at the steps of the Capital.