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talentedcrayon
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| The only consolation I can find from that video is that they likely died very quickly... no suffering. Sad... |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArwVZrEbW7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridS396W2BY
Auto-breaking is the answer.
Auto-breaking on all cars should be made mandatory. Korean government should force Korean manufactures to up their domestic safety. EU is making it mandatory on all new large vechiles, starting with systems that will reduce the speed by 30 km/h, and gradually will get stricter. The Volvo prototype can reduce the speed by 70 km/h in the same distance. |
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sligo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Be Good wrote: |
I am with you Z. Folks here stand right up at the cross walk staring at their phones with cars whizzing by. They see the green man and just hit the street without taking a glance to their left.
I stand in the back, behind on of the barriers so that if an ahole loses control he or she will hit that barrier first. Call me paranoid, but it works for me.
As for the driving here...it seems that the excuse "I fell asleep" is the go to. Better than saying you were on your phone. I did a road trip a few weeks ago and noticed quite a few signs that said pull over if you are tired.
Problem is is that they need to enforce driving here. It is foolish what some of these folks do. |
Not really sure how you can enforce falling asleep at the wheel.
I think the best option is technology that tracks driver's eyes if they fall asleep and proximity alarms. |
You set limits on how long a person may drive in any 1 day, and fit a "tachograph" machine (as thye have done in the UK for over 20 years) to all commercial vehicles and HGVs (heavy goods vehicles). They have to be submitted to the authorities as proof, and incur fines and prosecution is the rules are violated. For the last 10 years they ahve been digital and the data is easier to read.
https://www.gov.uk/tachographs/overview
If you limit how long a person may drive in a single day, you eliminate many of te factors that can cause falling asleep at the wheel.
I doubt Korea will adopt this, as it would mean a lot of expense to fit to all the vehicles currently in use. As we all know, money, and the acquisition of it trumps human life every time in Korea. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| sligo wrote: |
| I doubt Korea will adopt this, as it would mean a lot of expense to fit to all the vehicles currently in use. As we all know, money, and the acquisition of it trumps human life every time in Korea. |
They would have to 'grandfather' it in. Any new purchased vehicle would have to be fitted with said equipment. If the public demands it will happen eventually. Eventually being decades. |
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