Transport

Road deaths have dropped by 52%

Posted by Karl Rohde on May 25, 2009 at 7:44 pm

“Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 51% while Police reported injuries have dropped by 8%, road deaths have dropped by 52% and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 48%.” That looks pretty good to me.  But the officials still [...]

Frailty

Posted by Karl Rohde on December 8, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Today I drove past a fatal accident. Some poor guy made a judgement call and crossed in front of a bus going 80km an hour in his white Ford Telstar station-wagon. His judgement was wrong, and he is dead, a few weeks before Christmas. It made me think. If I die my family is well [...]