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But brake will not be happy until the figure drops to zero.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/256065

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

She needs to watch Torchwood.... What we need is no deaths at all, any death in unacceptable.

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

This report is from the First Quarter of this year (2011) here and clearly shows that in spite of a greatly reduced Gatso weapon the fatalities have little changed, thus proving what Safe Speed has stated all along.
The Daily Telegraph has report this story today (5.8.11) with comment from Safe Speed.

Much of this is to do with less traffic volume and also less dense traffic, both found during recessionary periods (verified from history too), plus that motorists do travel more defensively and also that they travel less far, less often and are therefore exposed to less danger.

I have warned that as we climb out of recession we will likely see the KSI numbers rise.
There has been greater numbers of pedestrian deaths, so as people are walking more and living closer to work and as they walk more this is potentially causing more exposure to danger when out and about.
We must encourage people to be more responsible and for better engineering methods to be deployed (in paved/road areas) to help where necessary.

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I agree. I think we have noticed a pattern that in this recession and the prices of fuel, most people try to walk/cycle or get public transport instead of driving. Plus, drivers are more conscious of their driving, cause it will cost them money to get their vehicles fixed in case of an accident. Pedestrian deaths perhaps derive not only from the fact that more people are walking, but also because drivers are so conscious of not hitting another car that they overlook the pedestrians? (I mean most people walk in a crazy way anyway, I myself have made really un-clever rash decisions that I'm sure would've created some frustration in drivers, had there been any around ).

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"Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport."
Henny Youngman

Except where they claim £7,000+ for personal injury.

Car repaired and easy money...

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.