Originally Posted by Ed Holland (Post 6902820)

Just to re-enforce what you are saying Gene, I think that drivers are not imbued with sufficient sense of responsibility. People just don't treat driving as something that could have serious consequences if one does not follow the rules and take care. Instead many users regard the road as their individual property and operate vehicles in a selfish & thoughtless manner e.g. failure to signal, yield, stop, distracted whilst driving etc.

However, unless there is serious pressure brought to bear on this aspect of life (imagine the cost of enforcement..) and bad drivers really begin to catch some grief, nothing can change.

Ed

Originally Posted by Ed Holland (Post 6902820)

Just to re-enforce what you are saying Gene, I think that drivers are not imbued with sufficient sense of responsibility. People just don't treat driving as something that could have serious consequences if one does not follow the rules and take care. Instead many users regard the road as their individual property and operate vehicles in a selfish & thoughtless manner e.g. failure to signal, yield, stop, distracted whilst driving etc.

However, unless there is serious pressure brought to bear on this aspect of life (imagine the cost of enforcement..) and bad drivers really begin to catch some grief, nothing can change.

Ed

Originally Posted by invisiblehand (Post 6903807)

Isn't this a big difference between European and US models? Drivers have to prove that they we not responsible for an accident whereas here police have to demonstrate the a driver was responsible for the accident.

Or something along those lines.

Changing the onus of proof would change US behavior pretty quick in my opinion.