Comment on There's a big misconception about mobile phones and driving, and it's putting us at risk
LineNoise@kbin.social 11 months ago
In Victoria I’d be amazed if the terrible state of our road surfaces aren’t a contributing factor, particularly regionally. There’s a backlog of work that runs back before COVID because of changes to road maintenance funding and staffing.
The other grim factor is that with our mental health crisis, cost of living pressures etc. not all single vehicle accidents without seatbelts will be accidental.
There’s also been a lot of substandard materials used by DoT contractors post Covid, which means that the project supervisors also really have to keep an eye on things as well
However all the good regional supervisors at the DoT have gone into consultancy, leaving their regional offices staffed with a lot of graduates.
Damn. It looks really scary. 100% looks like roundabout, I would yeld to “give way” but it cost me some moment to realise that I need to yeld for any car.
abhibeckert@beehaw.org 11 months ago
According to federal government, there were 0.63 deaths per 100 million kilometres travelled in 2010, and 0.44 in 2020.
That’s a 30% improvement in actual road safety (nationwide) over the last ten years. I’m not sure what the numbers are for Victoria but I’m sure it’s in the same ballpark.