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

[nosebleed]

READ WHAT I POST!!

You asked if I was saying that a crash over 50kph = instant death and I said no I'm not and that I know a couple of people who are living proof of that (the fact that it doesnt mean instant death)

I never said ATGATT fails at over 50,

I read your reply of "no I'm not" as being a response to my last line which was "you are wrong..."
I never thought you were replying to the "instant death" comment as that was somewhat obviously tongue-in-cheek

At the risk of repeating myself...

the problem with ATGATT is that it wont protect you at speed, of course good equipment has impact and abrasion resistant stuff but anything above 50km/h or so and its bye bye birdy.

[scumdog]

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

Just ask ant anti-cheesecutter on KB, they'll be able to tell you..

[Pixie]

Easy, not PC,but ban one ethnic group from driving.
You check the stats if you don't believe me.


And I'm not refering to asians

[Pixie]

Every vehicle (including bikes) to have airbags fitted with steel spikes.

Everyone now drives really carefully

[Hiflyer]

I read your reply of "no I'm not" as being a response to my last line which was "you are wrong..."
I never thought you were replying to the "instant death" comment as that was somewhat obviously tongue-in-cheek

At the risk of repeating myself...

haha damn misunderstandings, what I meant was it wont save you all the time,

It will obviously help but you get hit the wring way and ut's bye bye birdie which is what I meant

[YellowDog]

The answer to the question on this thread is to start from the young riders/drivers.

The older ones are too set in their ways to change.

The basic requirements to be able to take a lethal weapon on the road are not tough enough.

[Maki]

The thing that sticks out most to me, and other people I have talked who have experience driving in other countries to is dangerous overtaking. Overtaking where there is insufficient visibility is extremely dangerous and there should be a campaign/crackdown to stop that behavior.

I would make it a criminal offense to spill diesel on the road and not mark the area and arrange to clean up the mess.

I would restrict police chases. How many road deaths happen as a result of these?

I crack down on hard on those who drive under the influence of mind altering substances and those who drive with their attention fixed on a cell phone.

[MarkH]

Probably the simplest solution would be to remove motorcycles. Leave scooters up to 250cc.

Surely you mean scooters up to 400cc?

[MarkH]

I meant that how much different is hands free to having a conversation with a passenger?

Same thing - passengers should shut the fuck up and let the driver concentrate while guiding a tonne & a half of metal & glass at 100kph - for the sake of everyone in & out of the vehicle.

[SPman]

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

Shit - is their postal system That bad!

[Shaun]

Mount a spike in the middle of the stearing wheel, I Gaurantee all drivers slow down

[duckonin]

the use of cellphones while driving will become a jailable offence

Now that would make the roads almost empty, we would have to use Auckland as the jail to house the offenders,the bright side is most trucks would be off the road also...

[NDORFN]

I don't use my cellphone when I'm driving for my OWN safety.

[mister.koz]

I don't use my cellphone when I'm driving for my OWN safety.

Good way to be.

[1wheel riot]

i would change the licenseing so that you had to do a 2 or 3 day corse if you pass you get to ride with restricted rules and and you can go for you full the next day but you have to do anather 2 or 3 day corse to prove you can handil a bike. and every five years you have to go and do a 1 day corse or your licence is revoced. because most deths are kids that should of never got there lerners and people that are 40 or 50 that use to ride and are just geting back in to it and are trying to keep up with the yung guys.