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According to Jeremy Clarkson, the Institute of Advanced Motorists is just a bunch wheel shufflers that aren’t too realistic about what’s going on with the motoring scene in the United Kingdom. However, the latest study from the IAM and British Department for Transport is indeed up to today’s realities - more than 30,000 car crashes per year are caused by drivers “failing to look properly.”
The Institute of Advanced of Advanced Motorists used police records to identify six contributory factors from a list of 77 to explain why a crash took place. Of these six out of 77 factors, IAM highlights that the top two factors give the most obvious reasons for a car crash.
Over the course of the year 2013, there were 13,299 car crashes in the UK (7 percent of total crashes) have been labeled “failure to look properly” combined with a “failure to judge another driver’s path or speed.” Next up is a combination of “failure to look properly” and a condition described as “carelessness or recklessness / judged to be in a hurry.” 9,132 crashes (or 5 percent of the total per 2013) were caused by these factors.
The third combination of factors marries the “failure to judge another driver’s path or speed” with “carelessness or recklessness / judged to be in hurry.” These are the causation factors in 4,339 car crashes or 2 percent of the grand total on British roads in 2013. On a side note, IAM informs that “excessive speed” and “aggressive driving” are at the bottom of the list of contributing crash factors.
“We feel that many people eventually get complacent behind the wheel and inattention creeps in. Combine this with fatigue and distractions, inside and outside the vehicle and the message is clear that drivers must apply their full attention to driving – you simply cannot do two things at once if one of them is driving,” declared Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer.
Over the course of the year 2013, there were 13,299 car crashes in the UK (7 percent of total crashes) have been labeled “failure to look properly” combined with a “failure to judge another driver’s path or speed.” Next up is a combination of “failure to look properly” and a condition described as “carelessness or recklessness / judged to be in a hurry.” 9,132 crashes (or 5 percent of the total per 2013) were caused by these factors.
The third combination of factors marries the “failure to judge another driver’s path or speed” with “carelessness or recklessness / judged to be in hurry.” These are the causation factors in 4,339 car crashes or 2 percent of the grand total on British roads in 2013. On a side note, IAM informs that “excessive speed” and “aggressive driving” are at the bottom of the list of contributing crash factors.
“We feel that many people eventually get complacent behind the wheel and inattention creeps in. Combine this with fatigue and distractions, inside and outside the vehicle and the message is clear that drivers must apply their full attention to driving – you simply cannot do two things at once if one of them is driving,” declared Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer.
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