10/09/2024
I had the privilege of listening to Richard Auty MBE ( forensic collision expert ) at the IMTD meeting on Sunday. Richard highlighted that Human Factors are the biggest causation of Road Traffic Collisions/Crashes. It seems strange that even with all this research Human Factors is ( in my opinion ) omitted from DVSA style training and instead the training mostly focuses on “ faults “ and how to “ pass “ a test. Why is it omitted? Not necessary to pass a test ? ( ridiculous as human factors are the biggest cause of collisions and yet the motto is safe driving for life, so surely it must be taught) Time Constraints? ( ridiculous, how can time constraints
be put ahead of an issue which could prevent a road death ). It’s time to start training people around the main issues that cause road traffic collisions and focus on the person not the fault.