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Key Points About Driver Safety
The following excerpts provide an interesting and relevant insight into driver safety issues:
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Drivers who pass an Advanced Driving Test have a 50% to 75% less chance of causing an accident
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Roadway Crashes are the Leading Cause of Occupational Fatalities for Older Workers
Significant Reduction in Crashes
An advanced driving qualification can seriously improve your road skills, protect your passengers, significantly help prevent accidents and ensure your car runs more smoothly. Plus, while it’s raising your driving standard it could also be minimising the cost of your insurance.
...Statistics show that drivers who have passed their Advanced Test have a 50% to 75% less chance of causing an accident.
Source: Direct Line Insurance, UK - see their advanced driving web page here.
The same "50%-75%" claim is to be found on the Advanced Roadskills website, New Zealand, which gave the original source for this information as being the Transport Research Laboratory [TRL],1991.
Safety Concerns of Older Drivers Demand More Attention from Employers and Workers
Roadway
crashes are the leading cause of occupational fatalities for
older workers in the U.S. Between 1992 and 2002, nearly
3,200 workers aged 55 years and older died in motor vehicle
crashes on public highways, accounting for
22% of all occupational fatalities among this worker group.
Other leading fatal events among older workers were falls (14%),
non-highway motor vehicle crashes (those that occurred or
originated entirely off the highway or on industrial or
commercial premises) (12%), and homicide (11%).
Source: NIOSH analysis of the Census of Fatal Occupational
Injuries, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data exclude New York
City.
(View the CDC web page here.)
When asked what motivated them to take advanced driver training, women mainly cited a desire to gain more confidence behind the wheel, whilst men wanted to prove, mainly to themselves and friends, that they could pass an advanced driving test.
Source: Drivers Domain UK
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