Big Tone wrote:
SafeSpeedv2 wrote:
I have noticed a marked increase in people wanting to be as close as possible to work so that all personal costs are reduced as much as possible.
That was my, main, consideration with the house I bought. ...
There's a very simple correlation between current KSI and total annual mileage ...
Yes and so people who travel by motorised transport do so in limiting amounts. Thus the 'rush hour' remains the highest times that accidents occur again due to the density of traffic due to the higher volume. As accidents happen by random chance it stands to reason they are then more likely to happen when more people are closer together and more of them!
It makes sense when we want to spend the little we are prepared to spend to reduce costs as much as we can in other areas of our lives. So with travel to work being one of the regular must do 'runs', if we can make that less or non existent, then we save ! That leaves us free to buy some things we wish to still afford and so hence the 'move' people make towards work.
The higher the mileage has an advantage though although they are exposed to 'more danger' they also receive more experience and potentially more confidence, both of which makes a good driver/rider so just 'high miles' is only a small part of the equation. Age is another and so on ...
There has recently been the report that there has been a 2% increase in accidents figures.
Since most members of Safe Speed are clearly conscientious & more careful motorists, I'd love to be able to say to insurance companies, that we have had less accidents, and so ought to receive less costs to our premiums ... so how many accidents have we all had where we have had to claim ? I have created a POLL
here How many accidents, (claim made) have you had to make in the last 5 years?