BBC News: Experts advise on road death rise

[reAnimate]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6744179.stm

Now if Paul can get involved ...

[NobleGuy]

"He said the panel would be drawn from across Scotland and would form part of a 10-year safety improvement vision."

Yup. Like the last 10 years. Glad to see the camera's are working their magic and creating Heaven on Earth.

Why Scotland anyway - why not bring in people from countries that have IMPROVING road safety records?

[Lostusernamedamn]

What's the betting the only thing they can think of is more application of existing proven-to-fail methods? (i.e. stupidly low speed limits and zealous enforcement.)

[Vipers]

The article said "A total of 314 people died in 2006, 28 more than the previous year. "

Err, arnt there more vehicles on the road? and did they analyse the cause's of these accidents, one tragic one recently up here in Aberdeenshire was caused when a deer jumped out in front of a motorcyclists, absolutely nothing he could have done about it, but he is sadly yet another statistic for this year.

Still they are the "Experts" so they must know what they are talking about.....

[craigalsop]

It's cos there were more speed cameras.
Answer - remove speed cameras, bring back traffic cops.
There - job done (just put the cheque in the post)

[MrsMiggins]

NobleGuy said:

"He said the panel would be drawn from across Scotland and would form part of a 10-year safety improvement vision."

Yup. Like the last 10 years. Glad to see the camera's are working their magic and creating Heaven on Earth.

No mention of cameras as part of the solution, but he does say
[b]"We must ingrain a deeper understanding of road safety and develop a more responsible attitude among young people.

We have the chance to shape their behaviour before they even step into a vehicle."

The new panel will bring together police, driving experts, road safety organisations and the children's commissioner.

The government has also decided to roll out a programme to help primary pupils learn about road safety.[/b]


Sounds like exactly what we've all been asking for!

Edited by MrsMiggins on Tuesday 12th June 18:56

[KB_S1]

I was pleasantly surprised by the Officer interviewed on BBC radio news.
He stated that inattention was the main problem on the roads.

[Peter Ward]

KB_S1 said:

I was pleasantly surprised by the Officer interviewed on BBC radio news.
He stated that inattention was the main problem on the roads.

That's his place on the experts' panel taken away then. He needs to listen to his superiors more.

[KB_S1]

Peter Ward said:

KB_S1 said:

I was pleasantly surprised by the Officer interviewed on BBC radio news.
He stated that inattention was the main problem on the roads.

That's his place on the experts' panel taken away then. He needs to listen to his superiors more.

He was the superior.
one of the Acpos or whatever it is. Think he was chief of Dumfries and Galloway.

[streaky]

KB_S1 said:

Peter Ward said:

KB_S1 said:

I was pleasantly surprised by the Officer interviewed on BBC radio news.
He stated that inattention was the main problem on the roads.

That's his place on the experts' panel taken away then. He needs to listen to his superiors more.

He was the superior.
one of the Acpos or whatever it is. Think he was chief of Dumfries and Galloway.

Then, that's his place on BLiar's resignation honours (won't dignify those two words with capital letters) taken away then. He needs to listen to his political masters more - Streaky

[Mr E]

Vipers said:

The article said "A total of 314 people died in 2006, 28 more than the previous year. "

What's that, a rise of less than 10% in a very short sample space?

Fairly meaningless. Now, if the rise continues for a significant time period, then perhaps this is more worthy of study.

[NobleGuy]

MrsMiggins said:

"We have the chance to shape their behaviour before they even step into a vehicle."

I'm not sure we'll like their methods relating to this sentence.
GCSE's at 16, followed by summer-school brainwashing, electrocution and re-education.

[TTwiggy]

'EXPERT'

EX - past it

sPERT - small drip under pressure