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Learning humility could cut accidents
Tue, 28 Mar 2006
Drivers who take personal responsibility for accidents are less likely to be involved in smashes, according to new research.
A study by Brunel University into the benefits of advanced driving courses found that drivers who regularly blame others for near misses instead of taking responsibility for their own driving are more likely to be involved in fatal road accidents.
However, those who do not blame others so readily were found to expect the unexpected more often and avoid accidents.
Professor Neville Stanton of Brunel University said: "There were 207,000 accidents in Great Britain in 2004, involving 281,000 casualties, according to the latest Department for Transport statistics.
"Whilst we have one of the best records of lowering casualties, there is still much to do. The more we can understand driver behaviour and what affects it, the better chance we have of further reducing road accidents."
The research also showed that as well as blaming other drivers and having fewer accidents, motorists who had taken advanced driving courses tended to have better awareness of what was going on around them and better gear changing and cornering abilities.
Ensuring a fleet's drivers are safer will, no doubt, reduce costs along with a good value fleet insurance policy.
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