April 2015 vfacts - Commodore 6th, Falcon nowhere

[prydey]

Originally Posted by asagaai

See I don't agree.

I remember riding my pushbike in the wet into Monash Uni as a student, while going round a roundabout I heard a screeching sound and turned around and there I saw this girl- who was in a slide- locked up brakes, and SHE HAD released the steering wheel and was covering her eyes and screaming.....obviously the first time she had experienced a slide in the wet and she panicked and FAILED in car control.

I was involved in a case where a lady was cruising at 100 kph along a freeway and on a curve she hit water that was running off from a public utility access road, she got into an aquaplaning slide, locked up and went sideways into an oncoming holden going at 100 kph.
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i'm not saying things like that don't happen, but by the same token i could list off 80yr olds that have driven millions of km and never had an 'out of control' moment in their whole driving career.

i hear noise every now and then that advanced driving courses should be mandatory, but i don't agree. i guess all i'm saying is, of all the carnage on the roads, i can't see advanced driving courses reducing it by any percentage big enough to make them worthwhile.

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by prydey

i'm not saying things like that don't happen, but by the same token i could list off 80yr olds that have driven millions of km and never had an 'out of control' moment in their whole driving career.

i hear noise every now and then that advanced driving courses should be mandatory, but i don't agree. i guess all i'm saying is, of all the carnage on the roads, i can't see advanced driving courses reducing it by any percentage big enough to make them worthwhile.

Yeah - on a cost benefit analysis you are probably right- resources would probably be better spent ensuring cars have good rubber, abs and stability control.

And ensuring drivers and not intoxicated/drugged -and I include all medications in this.

[Express]

Originally Posted by asagaai

Yeah - on a cost benefit analysis you are probably right- resources would probably be better spent ensuring cars have good rubber, abs and stability control.

And ensuring drivers and not intoxicated/drugged -and I include all medications in this.

You’re right, there are a huge range of factors that can cause an accident that doesn’t include poor car control.