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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 21 2016, @06:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the this-is-safer? dept.

[...] It is clear that a significant minority of British drivers put their time and their 'needs' above the safety of other road users and pedestrians. In a few decades, the driverless car will be perfected and the driven car must be made obsolete, preferably by law.

Until then the Government and the insurance industry should take radical steps to help residents of rural and urban communities reclaim their neighbourhoods from the lorries, the lunatics - and those Great British Motorists who like toddlers think they can do what they like, and explode with rage and indignation when questioned about it.

  1. Black boxes compulsory in every vehicle, with improved technology that detects speed limit breaking and careless or aggressive driving.

  2. Insurance companies encouraged to hike premiums immediately and punitively as bad driving is revealed.

  3. Insurance companies obliged to hand over to DVLA and / or police all data that reveals traffic offences and dangerous driving.

  4. Legal framework to allow prosecution and driving bans relating to offences revealed by black boxes.

  5. Legal changes to encourage use of dashcam / helmet-cam / CCTV evidence to prosecute motorists.

  6. Comprehensive review of 30mph speed limits, with local consultations on which should be lowered to 20mph.

  7. Limit revs to 3,000rpm on all vehicles - as condition of passing MOT - to cut noise and dangerous acceleration.

  8. Funding for technology that will limit all vehicles automatically to the local speed limit (and in the case of national speed limits, a safe speed for the road conditions); and will prevent heavy goods vehicles from using inappropriate rural and urban roads.

Source: This is Money


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:50PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:50PM (#391187) Journal

    Oh my - let us examine terminology here, for a moment.

    ""Nice" "defensive" drivers are traffic jamming morons."

    Defensive driving is a very GOOD THING! A properly trained defensive driver can also be an assertive and/or an aggressive driver. The terms are not antonyms, after all.

    I was taught a number of defensive driving skills. First, you always look for an "out", just in case the idiot behind/beside/ahead of you causes a situation that you don't like. Second, you always look for the "best" place to crash - that is, ANYTHING is better than a head on collision. If avoiding that head on means driving off the road, you CHOOSE what to hit. Undergrowth is better than a tree, a tree might be better than a bridge abutment, mud or sand is probably better than almost anything.

    A defensive driver constandly checks his mirrors, never stops scanning the road. He looks as far down the road as possible, and watches the traffic flow for unusual situations.

    A defensive driver develops a lot of the same skills that cyclists learn, just to stay alive.

    I think we all know what you meant, but I think you chose the wrong word to convey what you meant. Defensive driving is a good thing.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:38PM (#391293)

    When driving I stand my ground and don't take shit. If anyone fucks with me, tap tap and I put them DOWN. It's defensive - I can't tell you the number of A-HOLES I've had to take out of the game. That's the only way you get R'SPECT by showing beta bitches I'm the alpha dog on the road. They grudgingly admit they like it when I run them off the road and put a bullet thru their window, then the bitches start crying and I'm like woah bitch and they're like mammi mammi and I'm like SHUT UP bitch. That's how you drive.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:45PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:45PM (#391302)

      My taxes pay your salary, you dumb cop.