This is a map of the road fatalities that have occurred near Ringmer in the last ten years. It comes from a BBC interactive site which has mapped all of the UK road fatalities for that period.
Our concern with the way people drive is primarily environmental, but there is a deep connection between environmental concerns and those of road safety. All of the sixty incidents mapped here were unnecessary. Sixty people have died, sixty families and sixty sets of friends have mourned unnecessarily. In every case someone was driving badly, driving in a way that was not suitable for the road, weather and traffic conditions. In many cases that means they were driving too fast, not necessarily exceeding the speed limit, but driving too fast to be able to stop the vehicle safely when something unexpected happened. Driving in a way that respects the environment also saves lives.
Our concern with the way people drive is primarily environmental, but there is a deep connection between environmental concerns and those of road safety. All of the sixty incidents mapped here were unnecessary. Sixty people have died, sixty families and sixty sets of friends have mourned unnecessarily. In every case someone was driving badly, driving in a way that was not suitable for the road, weather and traffic conditions. In many cases that means they were driving too fast, not necessarily exceeding the speed limit, but driving too fast to be able to stop the vehicle safely when something unexpected happened. Driving in a way that respects the environment also saves lives.
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