Speeding

The Press | December 11, 2003 | Copyright

Sir--The Land Transport Safety Authority regional manager Dennis Robertson says (November 25) "34 per cent of fatal crashes are from excessive speed".

Would Mr Robertson please say over what period of time this percentage relates to and provide details on how the LTSA (or police) analyse the scene of fatal crashes to determine, categorically, the cause of the crash.

Mr Robertson might also like to further enhance the 34 per cent statistic by saying if excessive speed was the sole cause of the accident and also his definition of excessive speed. Specifically, does he mean speed excessive for ...

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