Not decreasing not the same as increasing. Nor is “no longer being in the top 10” the same as “getting worse”. Other countries can improve theirs too and have caught up to our figures and improved further. We need to learn from them. But it is disingenuous to say we’re getting worse when, per capita, we have stayed the same. Total number has gone up because there are more people. That is all. The headline is clickbait.
Look I’m not saying do nothing, and it’s a wake up call that our figures aren’t getting better. It would be excellent if we had less cars on the road, way less drugged drivers and better results but we’re not increasing - we’re just not getting better either. Our figures per capita have plateaued. Simply put, more road building and lower speed won’t really solve that - road deaths tend to be higher on rural roads and we need to look more into that. Doing a blanket reduction in speed limits is not the answer (much like simply increasing the bank rate doesn’t stop inflation rising when you still have to buy food/pay bills and buy fuel and those companies are making record profits week on week). We need alternative forms of transport (reduce traffic), more separated bike lanes, and safer-built country roads. High speed rail within the states and between major cities would also help take lots of traffic off the road too.
Unfortunate day to bring up Spanish High Speed Rail 😞
Not decreasing not the same as increasing. Nor is “no longer being in the top 10” the same as “getting worse”. Other countries can improve theirs too and have caught up to our figures and improved further. We need to learn from them. But it is disingenuous to say we’re getting worse when, per capita, we have stayed the same. Total number has gone up because there are more people. That is all. The headline is clickbait.
Look I’m not saying do nothing, and it’s a wake up call that our figures aren’t getting better. It would be excellent if we had less cars on the road, way less drugged drivers and better results but we’re not increasing - we’re just not getting better either. Our figures per capita have plateaued. Simply put, more road building and lower speed won’t really solve that - road deaths tend to be higher on rural roads and we need to look more into that. Doing a blanket reduction in speed limits is not the answer (much like simply increasing the bank rate doesn’t stop inflation rising when you still have to buy food/pay bills and buy fuel and those companies are making record profits week on week). We need alternative forms of transport (reduce traffic), more separated bike lanes, and safer-built country roads. High speed rail within the states and between major cities would also help take lots of traffic off the road too.
Unfortunate day to bring up Spanish High Speed Rail 😞