Foreign Drivers and Accidents
Jan 12th, 2008 by Nick
On the train back from Mornington this afternoon, I read an article about traffic accidents on the Great Ocean Road. It turns out that 12% of the drivers involved in accidents are visiting from another country. Sounds awful, right? But what they didn’t say was what percentage of miles driven on that highway are from non-locals?? If it’s substantial, and I’d think it would be, then the actual rate of accidents per 1000 miles driven may be no different for locals vs. foreigners.
Ever the transportation analyst… I just wanted to say that I have been reading the blog occasionally. It sounds like you are having a splendid time (illness not withstanding) and the descriptions you provide are very vivid. It makes me wish that Australia were 10,000 miles closer so that Fran and I could visit.