First mentally answer this question, which Al has asked 8 police officers in 7 countries. Then go to the ‘Whodunnit’ paper to see if you’re right!
“Alcohol aside what, in your personal opinion, is the fundamental cause of traffic accidents?”
Traffic Safety Papers
| 2015 Serbia Paper | Presented at the Science & Motor Vehicles International Automotive Conference in Beograd, Serbia. The precipitating cause of crashes is Absent-Minded Professor Syndrome (AMPS). [available soon] |
| “Whodunnit” (’97 Detroit paper) | The continuing saga of Serendipity and Science. Presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Annual World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, this ‘whodunnit’ is particularly suitable for presentation to students of the sciences. |
| Paris Paper [F98S565] | Extends the results of the Detroit paper (on European expressways) to all traffic fatalities and to countries around the world. [This links you directly to the website of the Societé des ingenieurs de l’automobile in France – they hosted FISITA’98 – The Second Century of the Automobile.] A press release issued at the time and entitled “Do Speed Limits Kill Us?” can also be read on this page. |
| Seoul Paper [F00I388] | Presented at FISITA 2000 – Automotive Innovation for the New Millennium in Seoul, Korea this paper completes the extension to every inhabited continent while proposing that “a ‘black box’ in every road vehicle” would improve traffic safety IMMENSELY! |
Published Articles
| Danger! Good Times Ahead! | World of Wheels Magazine – 3pgs, 8.5×11 – describes the research conducted in Europe in ’96 which resulted in the Detroit paper. |
| General Speed Limits Are Killing Us! | Canadian Auto World – 2pgs, 11×17 – same as above but also includes The 7 Dimensions of Traffic Safety |
| Cellphones: Banning the Symptom Will Not Cure the Disease | Canadian Auto World column |