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- From: ianking@nnsgs52 (Ian King)
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Re: Dispell The Myth Of Imortality
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:07:41 GMT
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- Peter Rose (pr@praxis.co.uk) wrote:
-
- : I believe one of the causes of motor accidents to be the false sense of
- : security and isolation induced by modern vehicles.
-
- : I am trained as an emergency ambulance driver and/or crew member for the
- : British Red Cross. In this capacity I have seen a number of fairly
- : unpleasent accidents and injuries, both on and off the public highway.
-
- : I believe that seeing the aftermath of an accident first hand and close up
- : is one of the best deterents to bad driving that I can imagine. I do not
- : think that rubber-necking at accidents as you drive past them really has
- : sufficient impact (unless it is a really spectacular pile up or bodies etc
- : are visible).
-
- : Ideally each and every driver would be required to be a passenger with either
- : the police, fire or ambulance service attending an RTA before being granted a
- : license. This however, apart from being impracticle, may even be cruel.
- : Prehaps some sort of accident video presentation as a mandatory component
- : of a driving course is called for?
-
-
- 17 years ago I was almost killed (as a passenger) in a car when somebody
- rammed into its side from a petrol station. I still have some of the scars
- and I am lucky to be alive.
-
- I suppose thats why I why I drive carefully.
-
- Regards...
- .........Ian
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