Sombre Reading

[Billywhizz]

Safer Roads

[taint]

at least they note that improving the roads will account for saving the most lives, followed by driver behavior. I just hope that they don't "improve" the roads by adding speed cameras

[Gryphen]

• The average age of Australian motorcyclists is around 40;
• Motorcyclists aged between 22 and 40 are the most commonly involved in road crashes;
• Motorcyclists are around 29 times more likely to be killed than operators of other vehicles travelling the same distance;
• In 2003 188 motorcyclists lost their lives in road crashes throughout Australia;
• 91% of motorcyclists killed in 2003 were males;
• One in eight were 21 years old or younger; nearly six out of ten were between 22 and 40 years of age, whereas only one in four were over the age of 41 years;
• Hazardous road conditions were a contributing factor in nearly one out of every four reported single vehicle motorcycle crashes; and
• Four out of ten reported motorcycle crashes did not involve any other vehicles.

So 6 out of 10 crashes involve another vehicle..... ban the other vehicles they are too dangerous.

[Flamedance]

[/list]So 6 out of 10 crashes involve another vehicle..... ban the other vehicles they are too dangerous.

Yet strangely....This stat was not mentioned as a problem.....