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

  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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