Road deaths will increase this year

moneymad

Going by train to cork I noticed the majority of the vehicles being imported this year are nissan qashqai and the likes. Lovely cars/jeeps.

From my time spent on the road lately, I see people who drive these type of vehicles seem to think they are invincible. They take more risks and thus road deaths/injuries will be up this year. Ah well.

CiniO

Don't you think your logic is bit flawed here?


It's comparable only to Irish insurance industry logic.
They don't want to insure older cars, as they think people who drive older cars are of higher risk.
But what they forgot to consider, is because they don't offer insurance for older cars, those people who would have driven older car now will buy newer cars and drive them still presenting higher risk.

GavRedKing

moneymad wrote: »

Going by train to cork I noticed the majority of the vehicles being imported this year are nissan qashqai and the likes. Lovely cars/jeeps.

From my time spent on the road lately, I see people who drive these type of vehicles seem to think they are invincible. They take more risks and thus road deaths/injuries will be up this year. Ah well.

There's your first problem.

bazz26

colm_mcm

Sounds like arse.

Needles73

Youd be a great help in the national statistics office or the RSA with your unique in depth analytics. Well done.

JC01

Your post makes no sense whatsoever.

On a side note, of course they will, economy is taking off, more people on the roads = more road deaths. As horrifying as road deaths are they are a very simple game of numbers, something the RSA knows but obviously can never admit.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

I remember my first splif too.....good times.

Del2005

OSI wrote: »

If newer cars are safer than older cars and result in fewer and cheaper injuries to and as such claims, then the insurance companies are getting exactly what they want.

It's usually 3rd party claims which pump up the cost of claims. So the person driving the banger is still at risk but the person in the new safetied to the hilt vehicle making the claim is where the cost comes from, usually for a huge sum for unverified/unverifiable injuries.

monkeysnapper

I have a friend who has had 2 of them in past , he crashed the one , his wife was in other when somebody crashed into her.

I think op might be onto something.....;)

Doltanian

Are you sure you didn't travel by bus? I rarely see cars from the train going to Dublin, cows and lots of bushes and trees yet. The train barely travels parallel to any road of significance.

wonski

CiniO wrote: »

Don't you think your logic is bit flawed here?


It's comparable only to Irish insurance industry logic.
They don't want to insure older cars, as they think people who drive older cars are of higher risk.
But what they forgot to consider, is because they don't offer insurance for older cars, those people who would have driven older car now will buy newer cars and drive them still presenting higher risk.

Or those people decide to not to buy a newer one, or can't afford it and don't drive any more, presenting no risk at all

Victor

OSI wrote: »

If newer cars are safer than older cars and result in fewer and cheaper injuries

While a newer version of a particular model / range may be safer to a comparable vehicle from 20 years ago, trading up to a larger vehicle may mean any safety gain is erased.

In the 1970s, when seatbelts were made mandatory in the UK, car user deaths went down, but as drivers felt safer, they drove more dangerously and pedestrian deaths went up.

Sam Quentin

HUH!?!?

D3V!L

I noticed one glaring statistic with cars that were involved in crashes. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAD WHEELS !!! :eek:

I rest my case , m'lord

lawred2

Doltanian wrote: »

Are you sure you didn't travel by bus? I rarely see cars from the train going to Dublin, cows and lots of bushes and trees yet. The train barely travels parallel to any road of significance.

or ports for that matter

Zubeneschamali

JC01 wrote: »

On a side note, of course they will, economy is taking off, more people on the roads = more road deaths.

The economy was taking off last year, too, yet deaths were the lowest on record, lower than all the way through the recession.