Re: 鈥淒river鈥檚 licences useful for many reasons,鈥� column, Nov. 16.
While there might be good argument to revoking the driving rights of the elderly and infirm, a few statistics from ICBC give a more relevant perspective.
Between 2012 and 2017, in driver crash fatalities, men outnumbered women by a margin of four to one. The most numerous of the crashes for both men and women occurred in the age group 26-65. In eight of the 10 years from 2007 to 2016, the highest contributing factor to crash fatalities was speed.
Speeding continues everywhere. Twenty to 40 kilometres per hour over posted maximums are commonplace. For a firsthand experience, take a drive along the Malahat, the Pat Bay Highway or Sooke Road.
In the absence of speed control, the mentality of looting prevails. Little wonder that 2017 in sa国际传媒 saw a record high number of crashes: 350,000, or more than 960 per day.
It鈥檚 time politicians began consulting the research, moving away from fine- or point-based behaviour modification, and getting the far worse problems off the road, sooner, and for good.
Brian Nimeroski
Sooke
