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There is another factor (human) that is not taken into consideration about accidents. Just like the recent discussion about "troublemakers", 90% to 95% of driv
by jaclaz 10y ago
There is another factor (human) that is not taken into consideration about accidents.
Just like the recent discussion about "troublemakers", 90% to 95% of drivers are - with different levels of driving competence - OK.
It is the remainining 5%, maybe 10%, that create most of the issues, directly or indirectly, that is not only speeding, it is often distraction, aggressivity at the wheel, etc..
One of the reasons why "black boxes" that record driving habits are not as common as they could or should be, besides of course the usual privacy risks, is that everyone is afraid if the data that would come out of them.
If all drivers were monitored it would likely come out that a small minority (the said 5% or so) should simply be deprived of the right to drive any vehicle (no insurance would ever cover them, as insurance is about risks, not about certainties) and this would break quite a few "social contracts", including the unwritten one in which there is a "right to drive" (because our cities and lives are organized in such a way that a car is needed to commute, to take kids to school, etc.).