Sheriff Doug Gillespie from Clark County has said that he is pleased that fatal auto accidents have fallen by nearly 20 percent during the first six months of this year in Southern Nevada.
Speaking at a meeting of the Southern Nevada Traffic Safety Committee, he said that however there continued to be too many motorcycle accidents usually involving two different age groups.
In the 18 to 25 year old age group of motorcyclists, the accidents were usually due to travelling at too high of a speed or reckless driving, and in the other main group, 45 to 55 year old motorcyclists, alcohol was usually a key factor in the crashes.
He went on to say that in his opinion education was the key and children should learn the elements of safe driving before they even learned to drive and should ensure that their parents had good driving habits. He actually thought that kids today would make better drivers than their parents as they had had more education on the subject, in that they knew the dangers of drinking and driving.
