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landmannnn:
Are you sure?  I heard road deaths were 2200 last year compared to over 4000 in the early 90's.
Probably more down to abs and airbags than petty speed controls

Disco Matt:
I really feel ABS should be the only standard driver aid, especially for new drivers. You don't need stability control or traction control, you should be able to use your right foot to control wheelspin and your backside to sense when the car is about to slide. That said, ABS is a menace on snow and ice so it would be nice to be able to turn it off in those conditions, you might stand a chance of stopping then rather than just carrying on with the pedal buzzing under your foot!

Make cars predictable and neutral handling, and train people better. Don't let them come through the driving test only able to drive by numbers and with no ability to feel the car. They shouldn't be thinking "The sign says to drive at 30mph around this bend", they should be thinking "looks sharp, ease off, brake, change down, settle the car into the bend".

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: Disco Matt on June 30, 2010, 23:00:04 ---They shouldn't be thinking "The sign says to drive at 30mph around this bend", they should be thinking "looks sharp, ease off, brake, change down, settle the car into the bend".

--- End quote ---

My brother-in-law tends to take that approach. He scared the living daylights out of my wife when he drove her home down the lanes. Round blind bends on single track roads at totally inappropriate speeds. Sarah made a comment to him and his answer was "What's wrong? I'm well inside the speed limit"  :shock:

carbore:
Ok I wont labour the point and I do sometimes think a darwinian approach to h&s is needed, but as with any form of education, driver education works for some but not for others, id rather sensible changes were made to roads where appropriate than become a victim of someone elses failed driving standards.

The example is this, next time you pull out of a petrol station onto a busy road, and you cant see because there is a blinking great price sign blocking the entire view. Honestly ask yourself if you will be thinking "What P@

V8MoneyPit:
Indeed. You are, of course, quite right. It will never be possible to educate every road user to a better standard of driving. The challenge is finding a balance in spending public money on pandering to the people who are incompetent drivers and improving the training/testing procedure.

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