It is clear, then, that safety is no longer thought of except in terms of technology, and I do not think that that goes far enough, for, while it does indeed matter to me that the time it takes the emergency services to reach an accident should be reduced, my concern is primarily with the avoidance of accidents in the first place, and if that is what we are about, t
hen it is much more efficient to do something about the problem of people who drive under the influence of alcohol or about getting people to drive at appropriate speeds –
...[+++]both of which are factors in most accidents – than to do no more than compel the fitting of electronic safety systems.