Comments on: More Shocking Arizona Fatality Stats http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/ Cycling, traffic safety and legal topics; energy, transit and transportion economics Mon, 21 May 2012 20:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-353 azbikelaw Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:52:00 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/#comment-353 <p>with regard to a comment on: <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/20077/sort_A/Offset20" rel="nofollow">"A sneaky effort underway to kill interlock for DUI offenders?"</a></p> <p>"A major portion of the crashes that injure and kill innocent people on the highways are caused by individuals who are driving while in an condition of extreme DUI,..."</p> <p>This is simply not the case -- or at least it depends what you mean by the term "major portion". In AZ in 2006, 32% of the fatalities had a *driver* involved who was drunk. See NHSTA <a "http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/4_AZ/2006/4_AZ_2006.htm" rel="nofollow">stats</a>. Some sub-portion of this 32% were extreme.</p> <p>Arizona, on the other hand, does have a major traffic fatality problem -- of which drunk driving is one piece. Our fatality rates are a horrendous 46% higher than the US as a whole.</p> <p>It seems to me we need a re-think of laws/punishment and law enforcement as it relates to traffic safety. Simply focusing on drunk driving isn't working anymore</p> with regard to a comment on: “A sneaky effort underway to kill interlock for DUI offenders?”

“A major portion of the crashes that injure and kill innocent people on the highways are caused by individuals who are driving while in an condition of extreme DUI,…”

This is simply not the case — or at least it depends what you mean by the term “major portion”. In AZ in 2006, 32% of the fatalities had a *driver* involved who was drunk. See NHSTA stats. Some sub-portion of this 32% were extreme.

Arizona, on the other hand, does have a major traffic fatality problem — of which drunk driving is one piece. Our fatality rates are a horrendous 46% higher than the US as a whole.

It seems to me we need a re-think of laws/punishment and law enforcement as it relates to traffic safety. Simply focusing on drunk driving isn’t working anymore

]]> By: Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » AAA Report on cost of Automobile Crashes http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » AAA Report on cost of Automobile Crashes Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:31:09 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/#comment-346 [...] sixth out of 85 not too shabby! This goes hand-in-hand with Arizona’s impressively high traffic fatality rate. Which is something else the press isn’t interested in. …The report looked at 85 [...] [...] sixth out of 85 not too shabby! This goes hand-in-hand with Arizona’s impressively high traffic fatality rate. Which is something else the press isn’t interested in. …The report looked at 85 [...]

]]> By: Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » 2006 Fatality Stats - Final http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » 2006 Fatality Stats - Final Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:48:39 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/#comment-274 [...] Leads the Nation [update: also see this [...] [...] Leads the Nation [update: also see this [...]

]]> By: Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » Highway deaths in Arizona are at a decade low -- huh? http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » Highway deaths in Arizona are at a decade low -- huh? Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:36:05 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/#comment-273 [...] How does this jive with Arizona’s abysmally high fatality rate? [...] [...] How does this jive with Arizona’s abysmally high fatality rate? [...]

]]> By: Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » The Risk of (Bus) Riding http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Arizona Bike Law Blog » Blog Archive » The Risk of (Bus) Riding Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:57:41 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-shocking-arizona-fatality-stats/#comment-264 [...] official overall US fatality rate is 1.46 per 100 million VMT (Vehicle miles traveled. NHTSA data here, and also note that Arizona rates are significantly worse). Since the number of occupants per [...] [...] official overall US fatality rate is 1.46 per 100 million VMT (Vehicle miles traveled. NHTSA data here, and also note that Arizona rates are significantly worse). Since the number of occupants per [...]

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