Comment: Assessing and Addressing Driver Risk

There are 2 major items that have been incorporated into modern vehicles thatin my opinion should be banned
1. VDU's (visual display units ) which are visable to the driver wilst the vehicle is in motion. This of course would apply to pretty much all Sat-Nav systems. How much "Divided Attention" is contributed to by these devices. By all means have them in a vehicle BUT UNABLE TO BE SEEN OR USED BY DRIVER WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION.

2. Cruise Control....Probaly one of the most dangerous things ever to be incorporated in a motor vehicle. I would say a high proportion of single vehicle accidents on country roads would be attributed to Cruise Control.
Cruise Control takes away the last element a driver has of having something to think about, such that, that micro sleep now turns into leaving the road at set speed (which in most cases will be in excess of 110Km/h )
In contrast if operating the accellerator manually as you get tired you actually SLOW DOWN as the pressure on the accellerator becomes less. The driver now has that vital early warning that he needs to take a break.
Sure there a plenty of other indicators of tiredness but the average person will fight through these to some extent The slowing down effect is a major wake up call
In case you are wondering about my credentials I have been driving for over 50 years on every type of road you can imagine and I also hold an MC truck license having hauled Triple Road Trains from Perth to the N.W.

"Driving is a risk we would all like to minimise" I couldn't agree more and addressing the issues raised above may help

Cheers
Richard