A Person A Day

You may have seen the Stateline report on Queensland's road toll. As at July 3, it's 185 (27 more than the same time last year). This quote from Queensland Transport Minister Rachel Nolan:

More than 300 Queenslanders a year die on our roads. And for every death, that's a whole family and a group of friends who have experienced a real tragedy. For all of those people, their lives will never be the same.

The report noted that 28% of deaths are caused by speeding and 24% weren't wearing a seatbelt. But that still leaves at least 48% who doing normal speed and buckled up - plus the people who were killed by someone else speeding. As police superintendent Col Campbell puts it,

People believe that it will happen to someone else that it won't happen to them.