But if we're going for crazy suggestions, how about we call it murder and if a person causes another person's death on the road then they go to jail for murder for a long long time.
OK, that's silly (is it?!), how about changing insurance liability to something like the system that exists in Japan, which I understand makes the larger vehicle by default liable in all road traffic incidents.
That's not bad, how about we make it criminal to operate a vehicle in which you cannot prove that you have 340' visibility (20' being maxmimally permitted blind spots).
We could even consider changing HGV use in cities, to require a dual-licence.... this isn't actually a silly suggestion... whereby the vehicle itself is licensed for operation in a city and comes with additional safety requirements, and the driver has to have additional driving tests to prove that they can operate such a vehicle in such an environment.
Wouldn't you rather move towards solutions that attack the root cause rather than attempt to criminalise large swathes of the population for no proven benefit?
But if we're going for crazy suggestions, how about we call it murder and if a person causes another person's death on the road then they go to jail for murder for a long long time.
OK, that's silly (is it?!), how about changing insurance liability to something like the system that exists in Japan, which I understand makes the larger vehicle by default liable in all road traffic incidents.
That's not bad, how about we make it criminal to operate a vehicle in which you cannot prove that you have 340' visibility (20' being maxmimally permitted blind spots).
We could even consider changing HGV use in cities, to require a dual-licence.... this isn't actually a silly suggestion... whereby the vehicle itself is licensed for operation in a city and comes with additional safety requirements, and the driver has to have additional driving tests to prove that they can operate such a vehicle in such an environment.
Wouldn't you rather move towards solutions that attack the root cause rather than attempt to criminalise large swathes of the population for no proven benefit?