Has the danger of speeding been overplayed?
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Has the danger of speeding been overplayed?
The single biggest factor behind road accidents is a failure to look properly, according to Government statistics which show breaking the speed limit is a contributory factor in only 5 per cent of accidents.
However, the impact of speeding increases to 17 per cent when the number of motorists driving too fast for the prevailing conditions is taken into consideration and accounts for 29 percent of fatal accidents.
Do you think the Government has focussed too heavily on speeding and neglected other dangerous habit in order to justify the use of speed cameras?
Or is it commendable to crusade against drivers who intentionally break the speed limit?
Should there be more of a crackdown on drivers too preoccupied with in-car gadgets to watch the road?
Do speed cameras make the road a safer place?
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Has the danger of speeding been overplayed?
The single biggest factor behind road accidents is a failure to look properly, according to Government statistics which show breaking the speed limit is a contributory factor in only 5 per cent of accidents.
However, the impact of speeding increases to 17 per cent when the number of motorists driving too fast for the prevailing conditions is taken into consideration and accounts for 29 percent of fatal accidents.
Do you think the Government has focussed too heavily on speeding and neglected other dangerous habit in order to justify the use of speed cameras?
Or is it commendable to crusade against drivers who intentionally break the speed limit?
Should there be more of a crackdown on drivers too preoccupied with in-car gadgets to watch the road?
Do speed cameras make the road a safer place?
I'd like to see the reports of accident investigations being made available at least online.
In engineering circles health and safety reports are routinely distributed so we can all learn from the mistakes of others. They can make bizarre and grim reading.
I'd particularly like local accidents to be reported in detail in the local paper so that we can learn where to be careful.
In engineering circles health and safety reports are routinely distributed so we can all learn from the mistakes of others. They can make bizarre and grim reading.
I'd particularly like local accidents to be reported in detail in the local paper so that we can learn where to be careful.
Edited by herewego on Friday 29th September 14:58
Going too fast for the conditions is by definition highly dangerous, but other dangerous things are far more common causes of accidents. It isn't so much the danger, but the significance for road safety that is overstated.
The deliberate confusion between going too fast for the conditions and exceeding the speed limit just makes things worse.
The deliberate confusion between going too fast for the conditions and exceeding the speed limit just makes things worse.
herewego said:
I'd like to see the reports of accident investigations being made available at least online.
In engineering circles health and safety reports are routinely distributed so we can all learn from the mistakes of others. They can make bizarre and grim reading.
I'd particularly like local accidents to be reported in detail in the local paper so that we can learn where to be careful.
In engineering circles health and safety reports are routinely distributed so we can all learn from the mistakes of others. They can make bizarre and grim reading.
I'd particularly like local accidents to be reported in detail in the local paper so that we can learn where to be careful.
Edited by herewego on Friday 29th September 14:58
Well I think we need to be sufficiently careful everywhere, but I very much agree that it would be helpful to be able to see the reports on 'accident' investigations. So far as I'm aware members of the public can not get access to them, but I don't know the reason for this. Is it just a matter of the cost of making them available?
Best wishes all,
Dave..
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