There have now been major cuts made to road safety work being done around the country. This is due to central government making large cuts to road safety grants. This will mean a lot of the work planned by local councils will now no longer be done.
There are mixed opinions regarding this. Much of the road safety work that is done is thought to be a complete waste of time by many people. Others say that lots of this work is essential if we are to lower the number of fatalities and serious accidents that happen on the road each year. Break have described the cuts as being draconian.
The truth is that there is a lot of money wasted on road safety, but there are also some very valid and worthwhile road safety projects which help to make our roads much safer. The problem is with the government going on a mission to sort out the countries financial problems, there are many cuts being made in all different areas and this is just one thing that is being affected.
Many average speed cameras have been proven to bring down the accident rate on certain roads, but traffic calming is basically a big waste of money and causes more trouble than it solves.
If you run a fleet of vehicles, one of the best things you can do to help road safety is to monitor your own drivers to make sure they are driving safely at all times.
