Comments on: Surge in Road Deaths in 2011 http://www.bennettgriffin.co.uk/blog/index.php/surge-in-road-deaths-in-2011/ Fri, 18 May 2012 00:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Admin http://www.bennettgriffin.co.uk/blog/index.php/surge-in-road-deaths-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 Admin Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:51:37 +0000 http://www.bennettgriffin.co.uk/blog/?p=727#comment-1071 Interesting comment, Ammon. You do wonder about priorities sometimes. Thanks Interesting comment, Ammon. You do wonder about priorities sometimes. Thanks

]]> By: Ammon Johns http://www.bennettgriffin.co.uk/blog/index.php/surge-in-road-deaths-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Ammon Johns Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:07:26 +0000 http://www.bennettgriffin.co.uk/blog/?p=727#comment-1068 We already have al the technology in place to massively reduce all road-traffic accidents, if only the Government and police forces were seriously interested. All of the speed cameras we have in place could, with possibly a simple software upgrade, be made to measure stopping distances instead - the major cause of RTA by far. Changing the speed cameras to instead measure safe stopping distances could still be linked to fines for poor driving, (thus no decrease in funds generated) but would be far less unpopular, and massively reduce tailgating that all drivers hate. We already have al the technology in place to massively reduce all road-traffic accidents, if only the Government and police forces were seriously interested.

All of the speed cameras we have in place could, with possibly a simple software upgrade, be made to measure stopping distances instead - the major cause of RTA by far. Changing the speed cameras to instead measure safe stopping distances could still be linked to fines for poor driving, (thus no decrease in funds generated) but would be far less unpopular, and massively reduce tailgating that all drivers hate.

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