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Originally Posted by hogly52
I'm a very strong believer in improving driver education, which I think is far from satisfactory. There is too much attention paid to getting people to pass a driving test, rather than determining how well they can drive. Through better education drivers would learn how to drive, how to drive defensively, what is safe, what is not. They would learn when they can increase their speed safely and when they should slow down and drive to the conditions (which include the road, weather, other vehicles and traffic conditions, their own skill levels, their own alertness etc). Drivers might just change their attitude that being allowed to drive is a priviledge to be earned, not a right.
My last readings of an RACQ magazine put the main accident cause at driver inattention and failure to obey road rules. Speed was not at the top of the list.
However, there is the cynic in me that says that governments are more focussed on revenue gathering and assisting the insurance industry to reduce its losses. When governments start to seriously listen to the researchers, and look at the root causes of accidents, and in doing something about seeking resolution, then I'll have more faith in them, and they'll have greater credibility. After the fact fines and penalties hardly correct the problem! 
My tuppence worth!
Graeme |
my 2 cents ive been following this thread on the side lines
education is the way,cause ? who actually is responsible what i mean is is the vehicle responseable or the loose nut behind the wheel ?
i realise u could blame the cruise control ?