size and cost of the road trauma problem in australia?

Answer 1

A large part of the cost is the ridiculous amount of time put in by police and the courts in investigating why somebody died when they drove into a tree at 100kmh. Instead of fixed cameras gathering revenue, the real cost of trauma could be reduced by effective policing of the appalling driving standards in Australia.

It seems the expert's answer is to reduce speed, hey lets all drive at 5kmh, better still lets go back to horse and carts.

Answer 2

Australia used to have one of the highest highway fatality rates in the western world.
significant improvement has occurred in the last fifteen years, largely due to mandatory wearing of seat belts and crumple zones in motor vehicles.
undoubtedly, speed limits have helped reduce the death toll but more importantly have shed light on a greater problem: the roads, and levels of driving skill.
Australia doesn't build high speed motorways, and people still doze off at the wheel.

Answer 3

Two things that have cut the road toll dramatically in Australia are compulsory wearing of seatbelts and random breath testing. Drink drivers get caught.

Answer 4

Hey, The Police are thinking in terms that are so far from reality (perhaps it is they who write the scripts for "Reality" shows on TV) that they lose sight of common sense.
One District Commander said recently " If we cut the speed at which people travel in their cars by 10%, we'll cut the accident rate by 10%. And then if we cut the speed by another 10%......"

Look. Why did he just stop beating about the bush and put the truth to us bluntly. And that is--
If we reduce our road speed by 100%, we'll cut the road toll by 100%
But who wants to travel by standing still???????????????