Originally Posted by ACW367
The Government and the Coroner system should not over-react to what is statistically a small (but tragic) blip in overall safety record statistics.
Their efforts would be better spent in regulating technical improvements to improve road safety.
This is an unfortunate way to construct an argument.
They are improving road safety.
For about 25 years road fatalities have been decreasing by about 40% in a 10 year period. 1990 had 5217, last year 1775.
The last 3 years have had the lowest 3 UK road fatalities annual totals since records began. The UK now has the best statistics in Europe.
This is of course no reason for complacency, and we are still seeing improvements in cars, roads, and driver education.
Aviation of course also has ambitions to increase safety and see casualty statistics falling, people all the time thinking about how to get there.
It might be a bad idea to make diversionary comparisons with road safety considerations given the success that is happening there. It might risk seeming complacent and disinclined to look at ourselves.