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From our Editor

This month I am going to share some prevalent With less people travelling on the roads at the
facts and figures from surveys and research moment, due to restrictions because of the
results that have been published in the past COVID-19 pandemic, it is an opportune time to
month. revisit the amount of extra, unnecessary vehicles
that do travel on our roads.
Firstly, recent researches have shown that ride-
sharing pick up and drop offs are increasing the In light of these recent studies, the State
number of accidents between motorists and Governments may wish to rethink their position
pedestrians. This raises a huge concern for the on this. If the number of accidents is not
safety of the road and transport infrastructure. decreasing, why are they permitting more and
more ride-share vehicles on the road? Less
Moreover, according to several studies vehicles on the roads would result in less
undertaken in both the US and UK, the number congestion, less accidents and less pollution.
of alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes are
declining when ride-sharing becomes available in Surely safety for motorists, passengers,
a city or town. But there is no apparent change in pedestrians and cyclists on the road should be
the overall number of motor vehicle accidents. the number one priority!
Secondly, the Australian Financial Review also
In Australia we do not have any limits on the
number of ride-share vehicles that are allowed to conducted a survey last month regarding what
ply for a share of the taxi and hire car fares. mode of transport their readers would choose
when they return to work.

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