There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
More people die every year on the UK roads than were murdered by terrorists on 11th Sept 2001; yet that sparked two actual wars and one virtual war.
The death toll on our roads is perceived as an "acceptable" cost of being able to drive what we want, where we want, when we want - just as long as we are not reminded of that cost.
There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
I couldn't agree more. Every driver, of whatever transport system, ought to be made much more aware of what can happen.
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There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
This sounds similar to those who complained about Gordon Ramsay (IIRC) killing and preparing a bird on tv before the watershed. Hello...reality calling! -- Pete http:[email hidden]/Stuff
There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
Absolutely. The consequence of one second of selfish behaviour if used correctly could prove to be better safety campaing than anything BeHIT can muster. There is too much "but it won't happen to me, I'm better than that" in society, at all levels, not just in the road. What makes me sad is that people are too willing to avoid the responsibilty for their own screw-ups, E.G. that no-win no-fee ad where "I was walking over a wet floor and fell over, It's someone elses fault."
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There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
To be honest, I listened to the article on the link provided and didn't hear anything about the alleged 'people were objecting'. I would be interested to see if anyone actually had objected 'on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude . . ' is any evidence for people objecting on that basis?
To be honest, I listened to the article on the link provided and didn't hear anything about the alleged 'people were objecting'. I would be interested to see if anyone actually had objected 'on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude . . ' is any evidence for people objecting on that basis?
There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
To be honest, I listened to the article on the link provided and didn't hear anything about the alleged 'people were objecting'. I would be interested to see if anyone actually had objected 'on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude . . ' is any evidence for people objecting on that basis?
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:47:01 -0000 someone who may be "Paul - [censored]" <[email hidden]> wrote this:-
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Every driver, of whatever transport system, ought to be made much more aware of what can happen.
On some transport systems drivers are rather more aware of what can happen than others. It is the largely unregulated roads where drivers tend to be less aware.
On 6 Jan 2006 15:33:54 -0800, "MartinM" <[email hidden]> said in <[email hidden]>:
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Our local fire brigade put wrecked cars on roundabouts over Christmas (OK no simulated victims) but it was quite effective in a "WTF" context.
I've heard of this being done before, but it's a bloody good idea.
yes, I've seen it done, and it was very well received. It is amazing how many usefull parts can be removed from a wreck, while in the end still leaving enough for a good fire!
On 6 Jan 2006 15:33:54 -0800, "MartinM" <[email hidden]> said in <[email hidden]>:
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Our local fire brigade put wrecked cars on roundabouts over Christmas (OK no simulated victims) but it was quite effective in a "WTF" context.
I've heard of this being done before, but it's a bloody good idea.
yes, I've seen it done, and it was very well received. It is amazing how many usefull parts can be removed from a wreck, while in the end still leaving enough for a good fire!
Its effective but it isolates the issues to machines. What I like about the When Lives Collide is it brings home the real human aspects. These sentences alone should make anyone think:
"The exhibition is an attempt to cut through the statistics and to take a personal and emotion look at this issue. These people may be terribly injured and/or bereaved, either way their lives are devastated. Many feel totally let down by the law and the government. The emotional consequences of these devastating collisions radiate out like waves on a pond. Mothers and fathers are left wondering why they have outlived a child and lovers are separated forever with no opportunity to even say goodbye. Children are left wondering why a parent has gone away, as in the case of Sophie Mayberry whose father was killed when she was only two and half years old."
-- Tony
"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right." - Lord Hailsham
On 6 Jan 2006 15:33:54 -0800, "MartinM" <[email hidden]> said in <[email hidden]>:
> Our local fire brigade put wrecked cars on roundabouts over Christmas > (OK no simulated victims) but it was quite effective in a "WTF" context.
I've heard of this being done before, but it's a bloody good idea.
yes, I've seen it done, and it was very well received. It is amazing how many usefull parts can be removed from a wreck, while in the end still leaving enough for a good fire!
Its effective but it isolates the issues to machines. What I like about the When Lives Collide is it brings home the real human aspects.
blood spattered dummies in (and out of) the cars would probably have caused an outrage, although there was a TV ad like this a few years ago (to the tune of In The Summertime) which was very effective.
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:28:41 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]> said in <[email hidden]>:
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"The exhibition is an attempt to cut through the statistics and to take a personal and emotion look at this issue. These people may be terribly injured and/or bereaved, either way their lives are devastated."
Although a little disturbing, in that shroud waving is the technique of choice for the obsessive-compulsives, there is a real and present danger to combat (unlike with cycling) so in the end I am persuaded that this is a Good Thing.
There was a piece on the Today Progamme on an exhibition about road crashes. It included simulated crash scene photographs which had been causing quite a stir and photographs of the bereaved. People were objecting on the basis that the reality of car accidents shouldn't intrude into our everyday comfortable lives. Seems to me we need the opposite - the reality of peoples driving mistakes should not be hidden away as "just one of those things" that doesn't really happen.
Indeed. We need abattoirs on the High Street and visitors' galleries in operating theatres.
There is an old hunting slogan " You shoot it, you eat it." We could turn it around to "You eat it, you kill it". I am not sure I want to try to extend this to the operating room though.
Our local fire brigade put wrecked cars on roundabouts over Christmas (OK no simulated victims) but it was quite effective in a "WTF" context.
There's a few sites like that in Western Australia, only they put them at the top of 5(ish) metre high poles with the platform tilted towards the road,so you can't help but see them. Whether by design or not, the ones I've seen all have cars that have pretty much *no* space left where the driver would have been sitting.
