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Letter: Driven to distraction

Published 4 September 2013

From Anthony G

You are quite right to highlight the danger of drivers being distracted, and the safety benefits of un-distractable autonomous self-driving cars (20 July, p 3). My all-time favourite distraction is a massive illuminated government sign, well off drivers’ normal eyeline, warning that “distracted drivers are dangerous drivers”.

Did someone let the work experience novice loose on the road-safety project?
Mackay, Queensland, Australia

. Wheeler

Issue no. 2933 published 7 September 2013

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