Comments on: Florida Traffic Fatalities Fall To Record Low Last Year

By: Billy

Billy — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:03:28 +0000

Florida has adopted a large enforcement program from the Alabama State Troopers called “Take Back our Highway’s”. This has drastically reduced fatal wrecks and wrecks with injuries consistently for the past three years in Alabama. After seeing these results from Alabama; Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee have followed suit and have noticed the same numbers. It is clear that when drivers are held more responsible and to a higher standard, they tend to drive more safely. Thank you to FHP and other agencies that have participated in the campaign but most importantly thank you to the Alabama State Troopers for caring enough to make a difference.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:06:58 +0000

B-b-but… texting….. talking on cell phones…. dangerous….. more wrecks…. all that stuff…. what’s up??? So our roads are the safest they’ve ever been? Cool!

Darryl, FATALITIES PER MILE DRIVEN is down…. that’s a percentage rate…. I can see that the overall number of fatalities would be directly related to the amount of miles driven, but the percentage rate should remain fairly consistent.

So I believe that getting the overall percentage rate of fatal wrecks per miles driven to come down is a good thing……

By: Darryl

Darryl — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:51:39 +0000

This is a mix of bad and good news; good news the numbers are down, but historically, this is always a factor of miles driven during the year. No matter what officials state, the actual miles driven is the most important factor, for it is all about exposure. The bad angle is this means the tourism industry has suffered with less traffic.

Also note the raising of the speed limit to a prudent level hasn’t resulted, as the IIHS predicted, carnage on the highways.