Remember, just because you are careful does not mean that you can assure that all other drivers on the road will do the same thing. . . Memories of losing a grandmother and aunt who were killed in the car accident when a trailer hit their car came rushing in to us this morning ...
Sadly, stories about road accidents have become very common nowadays.Not many people follow the traffic rules. Especially in big cities like Sydney, the roads are becoming narrower and the cities have become more populated. Dangerous behaviour like carjacking are also on the rise in some parts of the city ...
- Nearly 1.25 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
- An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
- More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.
Latest Annual Global Road Crash Statistics
Four children killed, one injured in Sydney crash, police say
The father of three children killed by an alleged high-range drink driver on Saturday night said he is "numb" from the loss of his children.
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Something shitty just happened to me. (Don’t worry, I’m alright!) But after it happened, I was pretty preoccupied by the whole thing: feeling victimized, rehashing the stupid mistake I’d made in my mind, wondering what I should have done differently, feeling shame about it all. This incident was on its way to ruining my day and perhaps even my next few days. Then I remembered one of the stories from the lovely Zen Shorts, a book I used to read with the kids.
The tale of two monks and a woman is a well-known Buddhist parable. The story goes that two monks were traveling together, a senior and a junior. They came to a river with a strong current where a young woman was waiting, unable to cross alone. She asks the monks if they would help her across the river. Without a word and in spite of the sacred vow he’d taken not to touch women, the older monk picks her up, crosses, and sets her down on the other side.
The younger monk joins them across the river and is aghast that the older monk has broken his vow but doesn’t say anything. An hour passes as they travel on. Then two hours. Then three. Finally, the now quite agitated younger monk can stand it no longer: “Why did you carry that women when we took a vow as monks not to touch women?”
The older monk replies, “I set her down hours ago by the side of the river. Why are you still carrying her?”
The story is a reminder to not dwell on the past in a way that interferes with living in the present moment. I’m glad to have remembered it today — I’m feeling much better now.
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The Australian Road Deaths Database provides basic details of road transport crash fatalities in Australia as ... crash type, day of week, time. some details regarding the persons killed, for example, age, gender and ...
Road Deaths Australia—Monthly Bulletins | Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
This bulletin contains current counts and summaries of road crash deaths and fatal road crashes in Australia. ... Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction. ... A table providing monthly fatalities for the last 5 years is included in the Excel file.
The NSW Road Toll - Daily and NSW Road Toll - Monthly documents contain detailed information on ... about 30 people are hospitalised by crashes on NSW roads each day; Reports and publications ...
Wentworth Avenue accidents take my mind to political analysts such as my former chair Andrew Tink's book on William Charles WENTWORTH as well as P.J. O’Rourke’s immortal phrase in Parliament of Whores, the silly buggers stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
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Mean Streets: The Global Traffic Death Crisis
Some causes of death have little trouble catching the public’s attention. Avian flu, Ebola, and Zika have dominated news cycles and prompted international travel advisories. Plane crashes interrupt broadcasts and lead to thorough government investigations. Cancer, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS now attract billions of dollars of research. But one of the biggest killers of all gets little attention from governments, the media, or the general public. Car crashes killed 1.35 million people in 2016—the last year for which World Health Organization data are available—a grisly 3,698 deaths a day. Traffic injuries are now the top killer of people aged five to 29 globally, outpacing any illness and exceeding the combined annual casualties of all of the world’s armed conflicts. And the toll continues to rise: it grew by 100,000 in just three years, from 2013 to 2016. This does not include the up to 50 million people who are hit and injured by motor vehicles each year, some grievously, but who nonetheless survive. The economic losses are estimated at three percent of global GDP.
The Zebra – Car insurance rates across the U.S. are higher than ever. “The Zebra reveals the latest data, trends impacting rates, and which drivers pay the most, based on an analysis of 73 million rates...Since
2011, rates have skyrocketed 29.6% nationally, though the impacts
differ across the U.S. Seven states have seen small rate decreases since
2011, while 44 states and Washington D.C. experienced increases (up to
86%)…Via Wired
– “…That’s because the sensors that power those systems make cars much
more expensive to fix when they do crash. Dent a steel bumper, and a few
hammer blows gets you back on the road. Smash one on a new car, and it
could mean replacing a radar, a camera, and ultrasonic sensors, then
calibrating them so they work properly
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