That's the lovely thing about numbers. You can use them any way you want.
I like these ones. Most crashes in NZ are caused by locals. Most are caused by Mr and Mrs Average.
Who caused them doesn't mean much, as cause is established post-crash. I want to anticipate crashes, so I can avoid having them.
Prevention is better than cure.
A big problem is normally made up of a bunch of smaller problems. To reduce the problem you would dissect the big problem to see where you can make the biggest difference by the least effort and cost.
Drink driving, driving while high and going over the speed limit are what is considered the main issues currently. Huge amount of man hours and resources are poured in to these three. Is it working? Many would say no when looking at the statistics. The only way to find out would be to stop the current action against these three causes. But that is not logical and I expect it would backfire badly. There seems to be no new ideas re how to get these three under control. As result the focus is on doing what we have been doing and pouring even more resources in to it. Do I have a solution here? No. It is not my area of expertise and quite a few are already paid good salaries to fix this. That it is not working would indicate that the wrong people have been given this task.
My suggested approach to the issue this thread is addressing was only about the issue we in NZ have with visitors who drive here, not about the huge problem as mentioned above. So for posters to come up with the "kiwis cause carnage too" does not belong here. And there are already a multitude of threads with that focus.
Vehicle factors cause around 5% of motorcycle fatalities. Road factors another 5%.
Motorcyclists are involved in 100% of motorcycle crashes. Couldn't resist this stat. It's open to interpretation.
By deduction, 90% of motorcycle crashes aren't caused by the road or by vehicles. A short list of suspects suggests that it is down to people. 90% of motorcycle crashes are caused by people.
Ban people from the transport system. Job done.
Well bugger me days. That is hard one to get ones head around. I got hit in the front wheel by a cockeys blind wolf hound on the CX once. Luckily I was at almost walking pace because was moving sheep from one paddock to the other. The wolf hound was just follow the the other sheep dogs barks.We had a nice chat for half an hour or so. The things you come across on back country roads........
I could check as rastuscat can't be arsed but honestly, it is insignificant. Well, at least in New Zealand, Auckland might be a different matter.
With the ACC levy the way it is some people no longer pay rego. This does not increase their crash risk in the slightest. There are certainly a number of fuckwits out there on unregistered bikes that could never get a warrant but again, a minority.And how many % are caused by riders on bikes w/o WOF and/or Rego?
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