Friday,July 30th, 2010 Motoring News Possible black box plan for traffic
THEEUROPEANCommission is looking into the fitting of aircraft-style “black boxes” in cars and lorries as partofa new drive to cut road accidents. Themoveisone element of anew
strategy to halveroad deaths in Europe by 2020.
Thetarget follows anEUsurvey
reflecting growing public concernabout drunk driving, excessive speed, the use of mobile phones while driving and the
flouting of seat-belt laws –all seen as key factors inEUroad safety. “One hundred people die every dayon
Europe’sroads,” saidEUtransport commissioner Siim Kallas.“We have made good progress since 2001 and we have succeeded in saving nearly 80,000 lives.
“But the number of fatalities and
injuries on our roads is still unacceptable. “Weare looking at what kind of cars
motorists drive, wherethey drive and how they drive, and we want to cut road deaths in half by 2020.” Thecommissioner was unveiling a
“road safety action programme” which will include proposals on tougher car and lorry safety standards,the development of “intelligent” vehicles and the building of safer roads. Latest statistics showthe levelofroad deaths across Europe has dropped by 36
per cent in the last decade -35per cent in the UK, from61 road accident fatalities per million people in 2001 to 38 per million last year. EUroad deaths in 2009 topped 35,000 -
the equivalent of amedium-sized town, the Commission pointed out. And forevery death on the roads there
arefour permanentlydisabling injuries – suchasbrain or spinal damage –10 serious injuries and 40 minor injuries.
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Japanese top poll for reliability
JAPANESEcar manufacturerssweptthe boardinamajor reliability survey published byWhich? Carmagazine. Japanese companies
took eight of the first 10 places in themagazine’s manufacturer reliability table.
Daihatsu, withascoreof
86.8 per centwastop of the table, withHondasecond, Toyota thirdandMazda fourth.LandRoverwas last on 67.5 per cent. Thesurvey,involving
morethan 64,000Which? membersandmorethan 66,000 carsupto eight years old, showedthat, of sports cars,Porsche topped the customer satisfaction table. SecondwasDaihatsu,
with Lexus third.MGwasat the bottom of the sports car satisfaction table, being rated as “poor” along with Vauxhall, Peugeot, Chrysler and Renault. Topping the satisfaction
tablefor an individual car modelwastheHonda Accord, followedbythe
HondaS2000 and theMazda MX-5. TheHonda Accord
scored 97 per cent in this category in contrast to the cars at the bottom of the satisfaction table, with the RenaultLaguna scoring only51per cent and the Renault Espace last of all with just 48 per cent. TheKia Picanto topped
the tablefor newcar reliability (nought to three years) in the supermini sector,with the SeatIbiza bottom of the list.The Mazda3was considered the bestmediumcar fornewcar reliability,with the Nissan Qashqai bottom. In the largecar sector,
the most reliablewas the HondaInsight, with the FordMondeobottom of this particular table. Themost reliableluxury
carwastheMercedes-Benz E-class,with the VolkswagenGolf Plus the best in the multi-purpose vehicle sector; the Toyota RAV4the most reliable4x4 or sports utility vehicle.
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