If you don’t own it, you don’t take care of it
The British government has funded research at Nottingham University’s school of psychology into work-related accidents.
They conclude that drivers of emergency vehicles and drivers of company cars are most likely to be involved in accidents involving excessive speed. Company car drivers are also more likely to be involved in fatal accidents than other groups of road users:
“Company car drivers had more of their accidents on slippery roads, or while under the influence of alcohol, or while speeding, than would be predicted by chance when compared with drivers of other vehicles used for work purposes.My take on this, is that part of the reason for the increased risk is that if you don’t own something, you are less likely to take care of it – the same applies to other things, like holiday accomodation, rented housing and rental cars.
“Over half the accidents on slippery roads also involved excessive speed, so there appeared to be a huge overlap in these two groups.”
August 25th, 2005 at 17:08:02
Applies to anything. Nothing new
Applies to university students in Germany as well?
August 25th, 2005 at 18:08:58
>> Applies to university students in Germany as well?
I don’t know – I never used / owned one