Proposal for an Enhanced Road Safety System for All Vehicles
The following proposal for an enhanced road safety system is not my own idea. It was suggested to me some years ago by sources that I cannot remember.
The system is intended to encourage drivers to leave a safe distance between them and the vehicle in front, drive at a safe speed and to avoid using the brakes abruptly. The system would require all vehicles to have the drivers’ seatbelts removed. All passenger seatbelts would remain and it would be compulsory for passengers to wear them. But for drivers it would be compulsory for seatbelts not to be worn.
The second part of the system would require all vehicles, including motor cycles, to have a large surgical steel spike fitted to the centre of the steering wheel, or handle bars. The spike would be pointed directly at the drivers face or neck.
The combination of the spike and the absence of a seatbelt are likely to result in some injuries, but many more lives are likely to be saved due to drivers’ enhanced awareness of the need to drive more carefully.
For learner drivers it is proposed that the spike is replaced with a large, indelible magic marker. Learner drivers would be discouraged from braking too sharply, driving carelessly or crashing by the coloured ink that would stain their faces if they did so.
