Comment on There's a big misconception about mobile phones and driving, and it's putting us at risk

ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As cars get safer speeds should be going up

  Unfortunately, cars are getting less safe, not safer.

  For other road users, anyway.

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• unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  By your reasoning we would lose all safety improvements and maintain the unsatisfactory level of safety we have now

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  • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Implying increasing speed increases deaths? This has been studied to death, increasing speed limits on long roads would reduce deaths. No need to make a strawman

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    • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Interesting points but the risk from collisions (often due to human error) need to be accounted for. Furthermore, not everyone drives a car from the last 5 years, not many can afford it. There’s still heaps of old Toyota Hilux(s) out there from the 1990’s and early 2000’s, and I’ve seen trucks still getting around from at least the 1980’s. ABS is a great safety feature but drivers need to know how to effectively use it and actually have a vehicle that has it.

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      From https://www.roadsafety.gov.au/nrss/fact-sheets/movement-and-place-approach

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      • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There’s an accumulating decrease in crashes due to

        A) less time on road

        B) compounded with less fatigue

        I’m on mobile so I can’t pull studies up rn

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