{"id":348,"date":"2025-02-28T12:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:37:34","slug":"speed-kills-v-better-driving-saves-lives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/?page_id=348","title":{"rendered":"Speed Kills -v- Better Driving Saves Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Mind Driving Answer To This Conundrum – DON’T HIT THEM!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    SPEED KILLS MINDSET versus MIND DRIVING MINDSET<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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Speeds Kills<\/td>Poor Driving Kills \u2013 Better Driving Saves Lives<\/td><\/tr>
Don\u2019t break arbitrary numerical speed limits<\/td>Minimise risk of collisions, defined as

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Simplistic \/ Views speed in isolation to Surprise and Space in the infinitely variable number of situations faced<\/td>Nuanced \/ realistic. Sees Speed in relation to Surprise and Space<\/td><\/tr>
Numerical Speed \/ Illegal or Inappropriate Speed in terms of arbitrarily set speed limits<\/td>Safe Speed \/ Appropriate for the road situation<\/td><\/tr>
Drivers direct attention to speedometer out of fear of being caught speeding<\/td>Drivers scan the road ahead for danger and drive at a safe speed intuitively with regard to surprise and space<\/td><\/tr>
Emphasis of Hands and Feet skills<\/td>Emphasis on Eye and Brain (plus Hands and Feet) skills<\/td><\/tr>
Emphasis on the Highway Code and compliance with Rules<\/td>Emphasis on processing information to minimise risk<\/td><\/tr>
Punish after the event<\/td>Prevent before the event<\/td><\/tr>
Doing what\u2019s easy<\/td>Doing what\u2019s right<\/td><\/tr>
Wasteful (Doing the wrong things)<\/td>Best use of scarce resources. Doing the right things<\/td><\/tr>
Poundshop policing \/ Policing by fear and coercion<\/td>Proper policing \/ Policing by consent<\/td><\/tr>
Emphasis on enforcement \/ compliance<\/td>Emphasis on driver judgement achieved through better education and training \/ aspiration and willing co-operation<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Riddled with waste (John Seddon)<\/td>Value Work \/ little administration<\/td><\/tr>
Punish drivers who exceed arbitrary numerical speed limits<\/td>Train and encourage drivers to take personal responsibility for driving at a safe speeds which minimise risk to themselves and others through collisions<\/td><\/tr>
Extrinsic Motivation (McGregor\u2019s Theory X)<\/td>Intrinsic Motivation (McGregor\u2019s Theory Y)<\/td><\/tr>
Reductionist \/ focuses solely on speed<\/td>Whole System \/ focuses on speed in relation to surprise and space<\/td><\/tr>
Focus on fearful compliance and punishment<\/td>Focus on natural human values, not to harm self and others<\/td><\/tr>
Lose \/ Lose & Lose Win thinking<\/td>Win \/ Win thinking<\/td><\/tr>
System Doing To<\/td>System Doing With<\/td><\/tr>
Technology led (Speed Cameras)<\/td>Human led. Training for better driving<\/td><\/tr>
Speed Awareness Courses for compliance<\/td>Mid Driving Courses for skills improvement<\/td><\/tr>
Disengaging and remote (current zeitgeist)<\/td>Engaging and personal with incorporation of discretion<\/td><\/tr>
Alienation and resentment<\/td>Supporting and encouraging<\/td><\/tr>
One driving test<\/td>Lifelong learning and retraining<\/td><\/tr>
Breeds resentment in driver caught being human \/ doing their best \/ undermines the law<\/td>Breeds gratitude \/encourages support for the law<\/td><\/tr>
Doesn\u2019t make for better drivers<\/td>Does make for better drivers<\/td><\/tr>
Quick Fix thinking<\/td>Long term thinking<\/td><\/tr>
Uses technocratic enforcement<\/td>Personalised and humane<\/td><\/tr>
Resisted and disliked<\/td>Accepted and welcomed<\/td><\/tr>
Officers having to justify their activity in a way that they never have to do for other offences<\/td>No need to justify their activity  <\/td><\/tr>
Admin waste<\/td>All value work<\/td><\/tr>
Learning to Drive (Hand and Feet)<\/td>Coaching to drive better (eye and brain<\/td><\/tr>
No emphasis on risk<\/td>Risk management<\/td><\/tr>
Noi discretion<\/td>Discretion<\/td><\/tr>
No night school \/ group learning<\/td>Group learning cohorts<\/td><\/tr>
Lees simulators<\/td>More simulators<\/td><\/tr>
Accountants mentality<\/td>Entrepreneurs mentality<\/td><\/tr>
Pessimistic<\/td>Hopeful \/ Optimistic<\/td><\/tr>
Facile and unsophisticated. Blunt instrument. One size fits all<\/td>Sophisticated \/ systemic and nuanced<\/td><\/tr>
Betrays a superficial understanding of what causes crashes and how to reduce them<\/td>Continuous learning<\/td><\/tr>
Product of Civil Service \/ Road Safety Industrial Complex organisational groupthink<\/td>Product of Stephen Haley (Real people, real drivers, real driving instructors\u2019insights)<\/td><\/tr>
Messy Objectives including aspects irrelevant to safety eg climate change<\/td>Clear Objectives all focussed on road safety<\/td><\/tr>
Soundbite virtue signalling (Vision Zero)<\/td>Hard graft<\/td><\/tr>
One size fits all enforcement<\/td>Appropriate enforcement focussed on those that most need punishing \/ taking off the road including with bad attitudes<\/td><\/tr>
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>>>> Work in progress – To Edit…. The Mind Driving Answer To This Conundrum – DON’T HIT THEM!                     SPEED KILLS MINDSET versus MIND DRIVING MINDSET     Speeds Kills Poor Driving Kills \u2013 Better Driving Saves Lives Don\u2019t break arbitrary numerical speed limits Minimise risk of collisions, defined as   Simplistic \/ Views speed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-348","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3614,"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348\/revisions\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterdrivingsaveslives.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}