1,112! A perverse sort of celebration, but encouraging!

192 fewer of these is cause to celebrate!

The year, 2013 closed marking more progress on the war against death on the roads. Even since the year that the points system was introduced in Spain there has been an unrelenting downward drop in the number of people who have lost their lives in driving crashes. It is very curious that before the points system it was pointed out to drivers that if they continued to act with complete disregard to the rules of the road, they would likely lose their lives. That made no impression at all, but the moment we realised that we could lose our driving permit, the message sunk in.

The loss of life in 2012 stands at 1, 304, but for 2013 the number was 1, 112, a drop of 192. I seem to remember that the worst year on record saw 7, 877 people lose their lives, at a time when there was only a small fraction of the cars and drivers compared to today. Should we see a further drop of 12% this year, for the first time fewer than 1,000 people will lose their lives on the roads.

I sincerely hope that the DGT doesn't lose sight of that goal, and that they will centre a campaign around that objective. I promise to do my part. Will you?

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