Thread: Man loses 33 demerit points in one go.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

There's no money in suicide prevention.

lost taxes?

Originally Posted by mick88

Worth noting that in NSW at least, the typical fatal accident involves a single vehicle leaving a rural two lane road and hitting a fixed object, usually a tree.

Side impact to a vehicle is still a big killer.
A 200-300mm encroachment into the side of a vehicle usually means that there has been at least 30% more on impact, so the occupant has taken the full force of the impact.

Cheers, Mick.[/QUOTE]

Yes, and a lot of fatalities involve cars hitting a tree while travelling sideways!

Trees are incredibly hard, I've seen a car hit a tree and smash the whole front in, but it only knocked the bark off the tree.