If your job was to reduce road deaths what would you do?

[davereid]

Sadly, all the ATGATT ideas are doomed to fail.

It comes from from the sad misconception that it will save your life !

Gear is great, really great at avoiding abrasion, and its a great idea to wear it.

But I have met (usually young newbies) who seem to credit safety gear with magic powers.

They put on a helmet, now they are safe.

Sadly, safety gear, including helmets saves lives only in a very very very small percentage of motorcycle accidents.

Solutions to the road toll have to focus on reducing crashes, not surviving those you have !

[PrincessBandit]

It's the conversation that's the distraction.

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That's not to say passengers and other distractions aren't a hazard....

Ban passengers!


No, no I've got it: make everyone ride motorbikes, and ban blue tooth and helmet communication devices so while on the road no one can talk to anyone else.

[Usarka]

Jimmy D has it. Ban transport.

Any body travelling at velocity in the vicinity of another object is in danger of dying.

[Katman]

I spent four years in some of the most congested traffic in the world with a radio slung over my shoulder and having a despatcher chanting in my ear "Where now, where now.....".

Telecommunication doesn't need to be a huge distraction when driving/riding. Many of us just allow it to be.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Ban any form of transport except walking.

Enforce telecommuting for non-productive, non-physical jobs.

Increase the budget for research in teleportation.

WellI did say something similar... would save us billions

[Swoop]

If every corner had a flag marshal to signal if there were any hazards, fast riders would be at less risk of falling off.

Like that will help gsxr riders...

[Usarka]

I spent four years in some of the most congested traffic in the world with a radio slung over my shoulder and having a despatcher chanting in my ear "Where now, where now.....".

Telecommunication doesn't need to be a huge distraction when driving/riding. Many of us just allow it to be.

Radio comms is different to telephone, it's not instantaneous - you expect delays in replying. It's actually well suited to driving/flying/riding. Over unger.

[FastBikeGear]

Hands free are just as dangerous as hand held.

Why only police half the problem?????? Are you being given backhanders by the telcos?

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/car...ers-study.html
http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiL...6-898X.9.2.119
http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiL...76-898X.9.1.23
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/j...TRY=1&SRETRY=0
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Trave...8135393&page=1
etc
etc
etc

Very interesting links Usarka thanks. can't say I am suprised at the reported conclusions.

[jim.cox]

Solutions to the road toll have to focus on reducing crashes, not surviving those you have !

Righto - let's ban crashing then

[SPman]

Increase the budget for research in teleportation.

Teleportation!
I've seen "The Fly"!
I think I'd prefer traffic crashes!

[swbarnett]

Resign. There are more important problems. Ones that have some basis in reality.

[mstriumph]

Scumdog I am curious what is the answer to this question?
is this statistic collected?

in Australia it'd be kanagaroos ... ?

[bsasuper]

Do what they do in finland, It takes 3 years to get a licence.

[Milts]

Probably been said but I'd put a heavily subsidised racetrack near every major centre. Run dedicated training courses and also have it open 24 hours a day for if people just want to get out and ride/drive - it would remove a lot of the urge for people to speed on the public roads.

Oh or just remove every safty measure and let nature sort itself out.

[Sable]

I'd kill every single one of my workmates. I'd butcher them, scatter their body parts around and hang their entrails off trees like Christmas lights. They won't die on the road then