[Youtube] Drive Responsibly
author: Robert Sim date: October 20, 2009 tags: Disaster/Accident, Life, Technology/Internet, Traffic police, Youtube, Youtube channel, YouTube Inc
Via Tracy’s blogpost (yes, I do read your blog. Via RSS):
Traffic police should do something similar to this. (SPF has a Youtube channel!) However, given the nature of this 5-minute clip, I guess it is not possible to be screen on primetime slots on TV. Anyway, this video should be a reminder to those who thinks that driving on the road is the same as driving in an arcade game.
I accessed the 2008 statistics of traffic accidents provided by SPF. Overall, it painted a healthy picture with rates:
But the year on year information defers:
TABLE A2: NUMBER OF FATAL AND INJURY ACCIDENTS
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
| Fatal |
209
|
213
|
| Injury |
8,116
|
8,238
|
| TOTAL |
8,325
|
8,451
|
TABLE A3: NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED IN ACCIDENTS
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
| Killed |
214
|
222
|
| Injured |
10,352
|
10,742
|
| TOTAL |
10,566
|
10,964
|
Wakey, wakey. Accidents are on the raise.
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