speed kills
is a ridiculous statement
if I hit a kid at 35 mph in my car, it might live
I hit a kid at 35 mph with my van , it wont
the speeds irrelevant , science tells us its bloody heavy objects hitting you is fatal , speed is only a factor
If a car comes out of a side road and hits your drivers door at 40 its doint the same damage more or less at 30
only head on collisions speed really ups the ante
If you lkose control on the motorway and run into a concrete bridge pillar , 71mph or 94 mph , youll still need scraping off the pillar
Another myth is seat belts
heard one quote on radio today where 20% wearing seat belts in major crashes survive , that means 4 fifths wearing seat belts dont
which quirkily enough was the figure of those getting out alive before seat belts were introduced
a lot of figures are massaged , and seat belts were given kudos for a drop in deaths , funnily enough at the same time doors and chassis had been beefed up by manuafacturers, but this wasnt given as a reason
ehcap had enforced cars to be more cage like , which worked , but seat belt nuts claimed all the glory
they claim 20% is success , but theyve admitted last month some gatso fixed cameras had increased accidents at some sites by 20%
but thats not bad
