Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 at 19:33
Teege,
We have never had so low road trauma as per the gov stats.
It's just that the older males forget they use to get around with no speed limits, V8's with drum brakes, crappy handling, lap belts if worn at all, roads were narrower and worse condition, no air bags, no laminated windscreens, useless tyres, useless headlights, no crumple zones or electronic help from the car and less people on the road.
And further more you were a bit of a woose and your sexuality preference questioned if you said no to the 12th stubby before you jumped in the car to drive
home with one eye open.
Lets not forget what REALLY use to happen and stop believing the bleeters on the idiot box. They had to introduce speed limits in town for horses many years ago before cars were around because the
young fellas were riding through town too fast scaring other horses and risking locals on foot, nothing changes. I know not everybody drove like a lunatic when
young but it's not a new thing.
The older we get the better we are.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/downloads/fatality_rate_1908_to_2009.pdf
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