NTSB Says More Speed Cameras Needed to Cut Road Deaths
This post has been viewed 2,660 times.
A U.S. safety watchdog called for broader use of traffic cameras to catch speeding drivers, as it said driving too fast is an under-reported cause of traffic fatalities.
Inconsistent reporting by law enforcement causes the factor to go under-reported, according to a summary of a National Transportation Safety Board report set for release Tuesday. That masks the full scope of speeding’s role in deadly crashes for policy makers and police trying to combat the more than 30,000 annual U.S. traffic fatalities, according to the report.
“The current level of emphasis on speeding as a national traffic safety issue is lower than warranted,” according to the report’s summary. Speeding – either driving faster than posted limits or faster than road conditions allow – was linked to 112,580 U.S. traffic fatalities from 2005 through 2014, or 31 percent of all traffic deaths during that period, on par with drunk driving-related deaths, NTSB said.
Tags:
