03-10-2021, 10:42 AM
I will have a small comment on this.
I drive a Kit car at times when the sun is out, it's a mall open top car, no power steering or servo brakes etc. The most basic one can get. I also drive a small Skoda citigo 1000cc town car it has the luxuries of ABS, assisted steering, a roof and heating, but not a lot else.
I find myself doing a defensive style driving in them both because of the road manners of a lot of other road users.
My way of thinking is that the bigger cars such as SUV's, 4x4 and luxury vehicles, what ever one calls them, insulates the driver from the road and driving conditions, the driver is unaware of road surfaces, wet and greasy roads, road noise etc. more akin to driving in an armchair. So the drivers are closer then they should be to others cars, faster then they should be on the roads and are therefore more aggressive to other road users. They get to rely on ABS, traction control, radar sensors & automatic breaking, lane control and other such wonders to solve problems rather than not get in them in the first place.
I have not checked, but it would be interesting to see if the road accidents statistics are increasing or decreasing over time. Although how one takes into account COVID the increasing road usage and improving tech, I would not know, a sort of accidents per mile travelled in the UK? I accept that the bigger the cars and safer the structure the number of fatalities should be decreasing, but if the number of total accidents is not decreasing then it may point to a driving style.
Adrian
I drive a Kit car at times when the sun is out, it's a mall open top car, no power steering or servo brakes etc. The most basic one can get. I also drive a small Skoda citigo 1000cc town car it has the luxuries of ABS, assisted steering, a roof and heating, but not a lot else.
I find myself doing a defensive style driving in them both because of the road manners of a lot of other road users.
My way of thinking is that the bigger cars such as SUV's, 4x4 and luxury vehicles, what ever one calls them, insulates the driver from the road and driving conditions, the driver is unaware of road surfaces, wet and greasy roads, road noise etc. more akin to driving in an armchair. So the drivers are closer then they should be to others cars, faster then they should be on the roads and are therefore more aggressive to other road users. They get to rely on ABS, traction control, radar sensors & automatic breaking, lane control and other such wonders to solve problems rather than not get in them in the first place.
I have not checked, but it would be interesting to see if the road accidents statistics are increasing or decreasing over time. Although how one takes into account COVID the increasing road usage and improving tech, I would not know, a sort of accidents per mile travelled in the UK? I accept that the bigger the cars and safer the structure the number of fatalities should be decreasing, but if the number of total accidents is not decreasing then it may point to a driving style.
Adrian
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