Do people who own newer cars drive better? Are they baby-boomers? This conclusion is severely flawed.
dogbox said
02:49 PM Mar 24, 2018
tax dollars at work must have cost a enough to do a few klm of new road to get that conclusion
Woody n Sue said
04:38 PM Mar 24, 2018
This may be the statistic but 99% of accidents still have a human error factor cars dont generally run off the road on their own against the humans effort to stay on the road .
Woody
RustyD said
06:51 PM Mar 24, 2018
Woody. As is said, it's the nut behind the wheel that causes the accident.
Dave Allen (Irish Comedian) said once that 10% of all accidents are caused by drunk drivers. That implies that 90% are caused by sober drivers. So why don't all the sober drivers get off the road and leave us drunks alone.
JA2340 said
08:57 PM Mar 24, 2018
Woody n Sue wrote:
This may be the statistic but 99% of accidents still have a human error factor cars dont generally run off the road on their own against the humans effort to stay on the road .
Woody
I am continually surprised at the number of times police state that "speed was a factor" in accidents.
Seriously? If the vehicle was doing zero km/hr, would they have had the accident? My thought is that speed is always (or almost always) a factor, so why do they not look for more salient factors?
Lazy?
RustyD said
10:16 PM Mar 24, 2018
Think that inappropriate speed is probably a better description than just speed.
rockylizard said
08:50 AM Mar 25, 2018
Gday...
It isn't the speed that kills ............................ it is the sudden stop ! !
Cheers - John
RustyD said
10:55 AM Mar 25, 2018
100kph to zero in 50mm will kill you every time.
Tony Bev said
03:29 PM Mar 25, 2018
I do not have any statistics to quote
But I clearly remember back to when I first started driving
I could never afford a newish car, so I will assume that most older cars are driven by younger people
boab said
03:30 PM Mar 25, 2018
the article says your more likely to die or suffer serious injury in an older car in the case of an accident i also believe newer cars do have better brakes better handling and are safer i dont think it implys people in newer cars drive better
RustyD said
05:04 PM Mar 25, 2018
Tony Bev wrote:
I do not have any statistics to quote
But I clearly remember back to when I first started driving
I could never afford a newish car, so I will assume that most older cars are driven by younger people
Exactly. One reason why I made the title "Illogical Conclusion". And younger drivers maybe a bit more aggressive or "it can't happen to me" view, travel a lot more, and hence on the road more often.
I was all of the above.
Tony Bev said
07:48 PM Mar 25, 2018
RustyD wrote:
Tony Bev wrote:
I do not have any statistics to quote
But I clearly remember back to when I first started driving
I could never afford a newish car, so I will assume that most older cars are driven by younger people
Exactly. One reason why I made the title "Illogical Conclusion". And younger drivers maybe a bit more aggressive or "it can't happen to me" view, travel a lot more, and hence on the road more often.
I was all of the above.
Yes Rusty
1965 in Western Australia rural roads, either we....
Never had speed limits
Never had the finances to put up speed signs on the highways
Never had enough Traffic Patrolmen to police any speeding on the highway, if there had been speed limits
Always knew that we would never get caught
JA2340 said
08:13 PM Mar 25, 2018
Tony Bev wrote:
Exactly. One reason why I made the title "Illogical Conclusion". And younger drivers maybe a bit more aggressive or "it can't happen to me" view, travel a lot more, and hence on the road more often.
I was all of the above.
Yes Rusty
1965 in Western Australia rural roads, either we....
Never had speed limits
Never had the finances to put up speed signs on the highways
Never had enough Traffic Patrolmen to police any speeding on the highway, if there had been speed limits
Always knew that we would never get caught
All of the above, plus "10 ft tall and bullet proof!"
Sarco Harris said
09:08 PM Mar 26, 2018
I see it as a bit odd that this type of 'study result' comes up with surprising monotony every few years.
Here in Vic the issue of annual roadworthy inspections comes up with the same monotony (with the studies generally funded by the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce - VACC) and I believe this is just another 'push' by the VACC to try and convince our authorities that annual roadworthy checks should be introduced as only VACC members can conduct roadworthy inspections (currently about $187 a shot).
RustyD said
09:49 PM Mar 26, 2018
Its always about this time of year that the Cycle Union of Northern Terrintory issues some study result claims too.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/03/24/13/40/more-victorians-die-in-older-cars-tac
Do people who own newer cars drive better? Are they baby-boomers? This conclusion is severely flawed.
Woody
Dave Allen (Irish Comedian) said once that 10% of all accidents are caused by drunk drivers. That implies that 90% are caused by sober drivers. So why don't all the sober drivers get off the road and leave us drunks alone.
I am continually surprised at the number of times police state that "speed was a factor" in accidents.
Seriously? If the vehicle was doing zero km/hr, would they have had the accident? My thought is that speed is always (or almost always) a factor, so why do they not look for more salient factors?
Lazy?
Gday...
It isn't the speed that kills ............................ it is the sudden stop ! !
Cheers - John
But I clearly remember back to when I first started driving
I could never afford a newish car, so I will assume that most older cars are driven by younger people
Exactly. One reason why I made the title "Illogical Conclusion". And younger drivers maybe a bit more aggressive or "it can't happen to me" view, travel a lot more, and hence on the road more often.
I was all of the above.
Yes Rusty
1965 in Western Australia rural roads, either we....
Never had speed limits
Never had the finances to put up speed signs on the highways
Never had enough Traffic Patrolmen to police any speeding on the highway, if there had been speed limits
Always knew that we would never get caught
All of the above, plus "10 ft tall and bullet proof!"
Here in Vic the issue of annual roadworthy inspections comes up with the same monotony (with the studies generally funded by the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce - VACC) and I believe this is just another 'push' by the VACC to try and convince our authorities that annual roadworthy checks should be introduced as only VACC members can conduct roadworthy inspections (currently about $187 a shot).