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19-05-2008, 02:07 PM | #1 | ||||
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After reading the article below at yet another death, it only re-inforces my view of the fact that speed plays little significance in a fatality. The article mentions nothing about "speed" and actually doesn't even give a reason for it. This is most likely due to the accident being a result of fatigue or distraction (which high-ranking police (read: nixon), govco and the media don't really seem to care about, as much as speeding).
The fact is the real reasons are: Distraction, dangerous cars, inexperience, fatigue, drug impairment (extremely common but little policed), alcohol related, or as a result of bad temper (domestic situation, etc). It is very sad that the real reasons for deaths on our roads are not nearly as much looked into as "speeding". Obviously some will argue that speeding is a factor in fatal collisions. Yes, any speed can be dangerous, but the point of the matter is, the person who is in charge of the said vehicle is ultimately responsible if he or she causes an accident. Road safety campaigns play little importance to these reasons and continue focusing on speed while more people die. The road toll keeps getting worse, yet many crashes are not related to speed itself. To have 14 more people dead this year, than at the same time last year shows that speed cameras are an ineffective tool on our roads. I am all for more police on our roads, but unfortunately they are being given orders from "above" to attend to other operations. Even heard on Neil Mitchell's 3AW program this morning that the Dob-in-a-hoon hotline is useless and has so far not yielded any satisfactory results. Stop the carnage. Concentrate on real reasons of deaths. Of course do-gooders and gumbys will recommend installing even more speed cameras in retaliation to the growing road-toll every year in Victoria. Your thoughts? http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...049101842.html Quote:
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