Travel with Angela Lansbury: Preventing Vehicle Traffic Accidents, Reporting and Rescuing

An accident in Wales left three dead and two alive, but trapped for more than two days before friends and police found them.

Time

What could be done to prevent this happening again? Nothing good happens after midnight. But they, apparently, according to the report I read, set off at 11.15 pm?

Drinking

They went out for 'a few drinks'. The Scandinavians have a rule about serving food with alcohol. A Singapore restaurant recently told us they had only bottled water which we had to buy. The rule worldwide should be that free tap water is served with alcohol, unless the customer prefers to buy fizzy or still bottled water.

Drinking & Driving

What about a designated driver?

Stay In Your Own Car

One rule when on a blind date with a stranger is to stay in your own car.

In Wales, one woman had her own car but left with the others, presumably in a guy's car.

Stick to a slow convoy

Agree in advance to a speed. Prevent getting into a car with somebody who wants to show off and ignore pleas to slow down.

Tracking Car Routes

Ask for the destination to be texted. Text to tell family your destination.

Tracing Phones

When two or more persons go missing, after driving, a police warrant for phone tracking should not be required.

New phones and cars and hired or shared vehicles should have tracking and automatic impact reporting. This should be required by insurance.

Insurance Requirement

What if there's no insurance? Cars should fail to drive unless the driver is sober and licensed and insured.

What if you need to move the car In an emergency?

The car could be driven by a passer-by or rescue service, but with a report on who is then driving.

Privacy

What about privacy? Yes, that is a valid issue. But, if you die, you have no privacy. Better to be alive.

Rescue - barriers

How to prevent this? Barriers around run offs into trees around roundabouts. Even if it won't prevent a crash, it will show a gap where the car went through, bringing help sooner.

Call For Help

A comment says saying hey Siri call emergency services would work even if you were unable to reach your iphone. All new phones should have this service. Maybe it could be built into all new cars and hire cars too.

Safety for Cyclists

The Dutch Reach makes you turn your head to check the mirror for oncoming cyclists and vehicles.