graball wrote:
I would say that it's simpler than even that.
I believe that they are so much "in belief" of the "speedkills" propaganda, that they can't see anything else apart from that.
That is simply not true. If you take the trouble to examine their web site in some detail you will see that their manifesto goes far beyond "speedkills". Whilst I deplore their misguided obsession with speed, many of their manifesto points are quite in line with the Safe Speed message. For example it is difficult to argue with:
"Make traffic policing a national policing priority " ;
"Make it compulsory for drivers to have regular health tests, which increase in frequency for elderly drivers, including eyesight"
"Make driving on illegal drugs an offence"
Their are a lot of strawmen being made in this thread about their attitude to road safety training
If you look at the Brake website you will see that there is a massive amount of advice about road safety and how to survive on the roads.
This link, for example, aimed at young children
http://www.trafficclub.co.uk/ makes the points
"Stop Look and Listen before crossing the road"
"Choose a safe place, such as a zebra crossing, to cross the road"
"Hold hands with an adult"
"Wear hi-visibility clothing"
"Wear seatbelts in cars"
Quite the antithesis of the conclusion which would draw from reading that children have no responsibility for their own safety that one would draw from reading comment here such as these.
RobinXe wrote:
Surely it would do them a better service to teach them how to protect themselves on the roads!
Botach wrote:
I was beginning to think that those that remember being taught something of the ilk of the Green Cross code, as a child were a dying breed .
Steve wrote:
ignoring the alternatives such as education/enforcement of other road user groups,
Johnnytheboy wrote:
Not teaching kids how to cross the road is not about stopping motorists holding all the power, it's idiotic dogma and risking children's lives in order to play anti-car politics.
It is inevitable that an organisation who's intention is to prevent pedestrian casualties on the road will appear to some extent to be anti car. They would be failing in their mission if they did not.
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