yeah i dont know much about being blind...but i know a thing or two about how surveys are done....
the data for the monash report looks like it was generated from 2 focus groups of a few people each, and a survey of about 270 people.
(how sad is this, i downloaded it and skimmed through it)
they did have questions that asked how many times survey participants had a collision or near collision....multiple choice ranging from zero to a few...
I'm just thinking - if i was asked to participate in a 20 minute survey for something that had never affected me (E.g. Blind, but never had a miss or a near-miss) i probably would decline the kind offer to waste my time....
this non-civic attitude would skew the results towards people for whom the subject matter is a concern...
Just sayin...
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