KiwiTT
16-05-2005, 03:30 AM
"According to Britain's Department for Transport (DfT), improvements in vehicle safety are failing to bring about a reduction in deaths because there has been a concurrent decline in driving standards.
Based on analysis of accident data, and the contributory factors to accidents reported by the police, the report summarises: "The proportion of fatal and serious accidents that involve 'loss of control' and 'careless/thoughtless/reckless and aggressive driving' has increased since 1999."
The study suggests that, "at a time when improving car technology had been expected to reduce the number of car occupant fatalities, this trend had been offset by a decline in the driving standards of some car drivers."
Now we need to pass this onto our LTSA
Based on analysis of accident data, and the contributory factors to accidents reported by the police, the report summarises: "The proportion of fatal and serious accidents that involve 'loss of control' and 'careless/thoughtless/reckless and aggressive driving' has increased since 1999."
The study suggests that, "at a time when improving car technology had been expected to reduce the number of car occupant fatalities, this trend had been offset by a decline in the driving standards of some car drivers."
Now we need to pass this onto our LTSA