Drop in number of motoring offences?
Discussion
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...
The Telegraph is reporting that the drop in the number of motoring offences in the UK is due to the lack of police investigating and detecting them.
The DfT however says that the rise in fatalities is just a statistical blip of no real significance, and points to the KSI rate falling, rather than the FATALs rising.
It also draws attention to the number of deaths per kilometres driven being lower, by virtue of the number of vehicles on the roads increasing over the period in which fatalities rose.
Now I seem to recall the SCPs were quite adept at using different sets of figures to establish their success - surely it is time that a wholly independent body was used to assess the success of various measures taken, and not leave it to government departments with an involvement in policy making?
One comment I would make is that IF speed is so dangerous, why not force drivers who are over the threshold for a Speed Awareness Course INSTEAD of points and a fine, take the Speed Awareness Course AS WELL as a fine, as even an idiot can see that somebody who is far enough over the limit to be fined and penalised, needs the course more than a driver who strays just over the limit!
The Telegraph is reporting that the drop in the number of motoring offences in the UK is due to the lack of police investigating and detecting them.
The DfT however says that the rise in fatalities is just a statistical blip of no real significance, and points to the KSI rate falling, rather than the FATALs rising.
It also draws attention to the number of deaths per kilometres driven being lower, by virtue of the number of vehicles on the roads increasing over the period in which fatalities rose.
Now I seem to recall the SCPs were quite adept at using different sets of figures to establish their success - surely it is time that a wholly independent body was used to assess the success of various measures taken, and not leave it to government departments with an involvement in policy making?
One comment I would make is that IF speed is so dangerous, why not force drivers who are over the threshold for a Speed Awareness Course INSTEAD of points and a fine, take the Speed Awareness Course AS WELL as a fine, as even an idiot can see that somebody who is far enough over the limit to be fined and penalised, needs the course more than a driver who strays just over the limit!
The Telegraph have cherry picked the Commons Transport Committee report which really needs to be read in entirety.Page 24 Diversionary Courses is interesting and the Committee have a number of concerns regarding their inconsistent application and transparency.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/...
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/...
Edited by rewc on Monday 21st March 20:02
Edited by rewc on Monday 21st March 20:03
Just browsing the above referenced publication (page 26 para 77)and it seems that as of 1 April this year we have a new Quango - The Road Safety Trust.
It describes its objective as “to support road safety research or practical interventions intended to reduce the numbers of people killed or injured on the roads”
Hmmm
It describes its objective as “to support road safety research or practical interventions intended to reduce the numbers of people killed or injured on the roads”
Hmmm
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