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It’s human nature that people make mistakes. Even if you think you don’t, there’ll be other people on the roads that do – so you need to change your driving to allow for them. That’s the message coming from the NZ Transport Agency in their latest road safety ad which has gone viral. But why does the guy’s mistake in this ad end up so badly?
A mistake on the road has far more serious consequences at speed, turning prangs, bumps and bruise into broken cars, broken bones and death. Our bodies are fragile and even if you’ve got a top of the line five-star vehicle there’s only so much physical force your body is able to withstand.
But speed can also be good. It gets us where we want to go quickly and on time. It helps businesses operate and make money. So what’s the balance?
A slower speed may have allowed the driver in the ad to take evasive action – he would have had more time to react to the other driver’s mistake. They would probably still have crashed but the speed would have been less – meaning the physical force (and the outcome) would have been less severe. Even slowing down when seeing the other car waiting ‘just in case’ something happened would have given him more time to react.
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