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A clear and nuanced critique of the Northern Territory government's policy of removing speed limits on sections of the Stuart Highway. Read explores evidence linking driving speed and posted speed limits with vehicle accidents and trauma, noting that for the Territory:
- Northern Territorians are "... three times more likely to die on the roads than people living in other parts of Australia, and at a rate that is equivalent to that in many low- and middle-income countries."
- After the last open speed limits were abolished in 2007, the "Australian road deaths database shows a decrease in fatalities of 3.4 per year on those NT roads..."
He concludes that the NT needs a stronger road safety package that includes removing unlimited speed limits along with driver fatigue, alcohol and seatbelt interventions.
summary- David J Read.
- National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin, NT, Australia. DavidJ.Read@nt.gov.au.
- Med. J. Aust. 2015 Jul 6;203(1):14-5.
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A clear and nuanced critique of the Northern Territory government's policy of removing speed limits on sections of the Stuart Highway. Read explores evidence linking driving speed and posted speed limits with vehicle accidents and trauma, noting that for the Territory:
- Northern Territorians are "... three times more likely to die on the roads than people living in other parts of Australia, and at a rate that is equivalent to that in many low- and middle-income countries."
- After the last open speed limits were abolished in 2007, the "Australian road deaths database shows a decrease in fatalities of 3.4 per year on those NT roads..."
He concludes that the NT needs a stronger road safety package that includes removing unlimited speed limits along with driver fatigue, alcohol and seatbelt interventions.
Daniel Jolley
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