182 dead and 5% better than last year.

Yep Uncle you are right.
0.6% more deaths at 182.
Does that equal 1?

When one considers and takes into consideration that probably 80% of the drivers at holiday time probably drive no more than 15 kilometers a day and mostly at speeds not exceeding 30 kilometers an hour one can start to see the problems. In many cases a minimal lack of driving skills and road craft , the inability to read the traffic and highway scene ahead i.e. warning signs, indicators, brake lights, along with a superstitious belief that the vehicles lights in any form are not needed in a failing light or in many case during the hours of darkness etc

500+ kilometer drives with a vehicle full of somewhat excited squabbling passengers, boom box music at 150+ decibels ones attention when driving is shall we say ''challenged.

Tiredness also, now factor in the many cases of the none so gentle libations of assorted intoxicating and energy drinks and we see that the drivers mind is confused.

Many cases of poorly maintained vehicles plus also the charging warrior attitude adopted by many drivers.

Traffic jams, road works along with poorly maintained, poorly signposted and illuminated roads coupled with an overall lack of forward planning for a long journey and slowly the sad picture comes into focus.

Not being callous but if one considers the amount of vehicles on the roads and the volume of humanity therein said vehicles it is indeed no small miracle that the death and casualty toll list is not even greater than it is.

Somchais have set up a roadblock outside the cemetery to keep the drunks in and the ghosts out.

Send lawyers guns and money.

Good news 6 days only 410 dead.

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What a dickhead.