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[PR] Bank holiday Friday claims up 35%: report

  • 04-06-2005 10:09am
    #1
    Victor
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    http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0603/rta.html
    Bank holiday Friday claims up 35%: report
    03 June 2005 11:18

    A report has identified a 35% increase in road traffic accidents on the Friday of bank holiday weekends.

    The finding has been made by Hibernian Insurance after a detailed examination of their claims records over the past four years.

    This is the first time Hibernian, one of the country's largest car insurers, has reported trends from its claims records.

    During the June bank holiday last year, five people died and 94 were injured.

    The Hibernian crash report also adds fuel to the age old battle of the sexes in terms of driving.

    Men are more likely to have an accident, and make 24% more claims than women.


    Crackdown on drink-driving

    Meanwhile, as this June bank holiday weekend gets under way, gardaí have warned they will be monitoring pubs and people leaving them, in a crackdown on drink-driving.

    The Garda Traffic Division advises a policy of never drinking and driving, keeping within the speed limits and the wearing of seatbelts ....


Comments

  • #2
    Tarabuses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Tarabuses


    Is this statement being made purely on the number of accident claims being made? What consideration was made for the number of accidents per journey or per mile? Probably impossible to evaluate so what is the point of the statistic?

    My experience during a 15 minute journey today to buy petrol would make me wonder. I encountered too examples of very poor driving by women.

    I was waiting at red traffic lights where a green filter light was allowing trafic to turn right. A woman driver came up the filter lane with her indicator showing a left turn, cut accross in front of me and then proceeded to go straight through the red light - a pedestrian crossing.

    I arrived at the filling station and started to fill the tank. A women driver came into the station on the proverbial two wheels and pulled up at the adjacent as if she was in the pit lane of a grand prix (but without the speed limitor).

    Just an observation.


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,577 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Tarabuses wrote:
    Is this statement being made purely on the number of accident claims being made? What consideration was made for the number of accidents per journey or per mile? Probably impossible to evaluate so what is the point of the statistic?
    Possibly irrelevant unless you have a mileage based insurance policy, which are rare enough.

    Of course I did see a woman pull a 360-degree turn this morning on a one-way street, while she was trying to park. :eek:


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