And, of course, this idea that road fatalities are just accepted and never investigated is also ridiculous. Just because we don’t have the resources to investigate every accident in detail like we do for major plane accidents doesn’t mean it never happens.
Major accidents (like say the Humboldt Broncos accident) are looked at in depth and recommendations are made to try to prevent similar accidents from ever happening again. Wide scale accident statistics are looked at and acted on. For example, we have concrete barriers for most of our divided highways because we found a common cause of death was crossing over through the ditch into oncoming traffic.
Major accidents (like say the Humboldt Broncos accident) are looked at in depth and recommendations are made to try to prevent similar accidents from ever happening again. Wide scale accident statistics are looked at and acted on. For example, we have concrete barriers for most of our divided highways because we found a common cause of death was crossing over through the ditch into oncoming traffic.