RE: Road Death Investigation Unit

[LathamJohnP]

Driving is hazardous. They should do like the Skydivers do:

http://www.dropzone.com/fatalities/ 

That would be actually useful.

John

[supermono]

OMG I had no idea jumping out of an aeroplane could be so dangerous!

Very very useful resource though for those involved. I'm sure you're right -- such a thing for road deaths would save many lives.

SM

[streaky]

supermono said:

OMG I had no idea jumping out of an aeroplane could be so dangerous!

Sometimes, staying with the aeroplane is more dangerous. Mind you, there was the old rivalry between the RAF and the Paras which went:

Pilot: why would anyone want to jump out ofa perfectly good aeroplane?
Para: Show me a perfectly good aeroplane and I might agree with you!

Well, it was funny at the time!

Streaky

[LathamJohnP]

streaky said:

Sometimes, staying with the aeroplane is more dangerous.

Indeed. As I was taught on my AFF Skydiving course, "never be the last one in the plane".

John

[Jasandjules]

LathamJohnP said:

Driving is hazardous. They should do like the Skydivers do:

http://www.dropzone.com/fatalities/ 

That would be actually useful.

John

There are a couple of websites which log that sort of thing..
I seem to recall headcorn having a few problems years ago when I was learning, but they don't always report what actually happened, just the death...So the people who just plain fail to pull the chute, or who land smacking into a building and shattering their bones due to their faults etc.. And the three people who landed in the sea, that wasn't a good day out.

Edited by Jasandjules on Wednesday 17th October 17:46