COUNTRY DRIVERS MOST IN DANGER
Country residents have a bad accident record on country roads, according to a report from the Australian Road Safety arid Traffic Authority. Although most people assume that most deaths on Australian country roads
Belt law move The extension of the compulsory seat-belt wearing laws to all passengers in cars, starting with new cars, has been suggested by road safety groups in Auckland.
involve city dwellers, this; is not the case. In Victoria,; for example, two thirds of! all road deaths occur on country roads—and more than three-quarters of those j killed are country-dwellers, within 60 km. of their; homes. Nearly half the accidents concerned are single-vehicle crashes, and many involved high levels of alcohol. According to the report, the recipe for disaster is; a country dweller driving home at night over familiar roads after having a few; drinks.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33928, 22 August 1975, Page 11
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