meeni wrote:
well i agree with that considering that in the 60's and 70's there were hardly any crashes compared to now, i know there werent as many cars but i think the blind spots etc are still a problem
But the number of fatalaties per kilometre and IIRC the number of actual fatalaties was far greater. The actual death rate has fallen substantially in the time since safety measures has been forced on manufacturers. It must be acknowledged that car design is not solely responsible though as roads are magnitudes better in design. Until the Hume Highway duplication started there was only TWO short divided sections in NSW, one north of Goulurn and one north of Albury. It was a two lane death trap with wooden bridges and suicidal drivers including myself. Unless you were around in those days it cannot be appreciated how bad roads were, no armco, no white fog lines, narrow crumbling shoulders. I ran with a Ferrari between Albury and Tarcutta and beat him when he gave up because his exhaust was bottoming out on all the pothole repairs, the road was that rough. So road improvements have been huge but it held speeds down to some degree, though of course we never had the huge horse power that today's cars have. There are so many facets to this debate it could go on forever.
Bewdy! 
Might as well be in a mini, i guess 
