Food for thought.

[Dashik]

Here's some figures form an ADI site that you might find interesting, particularly the speeders

Figures from Devon Drivers Centre



CRASHES:
95% of crashes are caused by human error. Drivers who drive too fast are 3-5 times more at risk than those who don’t.
Where crashes happen nationally - motorway 5%
Rural 27%
Urban 68%

THE COST:
Killed 3,247 £4.85 billion
Seriously injured 28,913 £5.05 billion
Slightly injured 181,870 £3.19 billion
Damage only 3.2m £5.01 billion

DEVON FIGURES FOR 2005:
Deaths 47
Seriously injured 272
Slightly injured on all road types 3318

Where excessive speed responsible –
38% of deaths
31% of seriously injured
19% of slightly injured

Value of preventing 1 fatal RTC is approx £1.6m.

Every £1 spent on camera enforcement is £5 saved on attendance by the emergency services at RTCs.

PEDESTRIANS:
At 20mph pedestrian hit by car stands 10% chance of dying
At 30mph 50% chance
At 40mph 90% chance

At the point where a car would have stopped if travelling at 30mph –
at 32mph impact speed will be 11+ mph
at 35mph impact speed will be 18+ mph
at 40mph impact speed will be 26+ mph
N.B. vehicles with ABS take longer to stop.

Energy = ½mass x velocity²
E = ½ x 1 ton x 20mph² = 200
E = ½ x 1 ton x 40mph² = 800

If speed is doubled, braking distance is quadrupled - e.g. 20mph, braking distance 6m; 40mph, braking distance 24m


While smoking costs the NHS 1.5 Billion per year dont you think that someone has their priorities wrong???
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[Dashik]

It's from an ADI site most of the ADI's I've met are full of drivel anyway , the majority are very good though, but I've met some horrendous ADI's not a dig at the OP im sure hes very good from what ive seen on here

I'll Take that as a complement as I'm sure it was . As I said just a repost from the the I use.

 

[Dashik]

Those figures are, surprisingly, more "reasonable". It'd be interesting to know how those ADI folk came up with their stats.

From the Devon Drivers center whoever they are