Question 3925
If risk factors are reduced or avoided, can traffic accidents be reduced or avoided?
- They can only be reduced or avoided if the condition of the roads is improved.
- Yes, although they are often thought to be unavoidable.
- No, since they depend only on chance or luck.
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Correct answer: Yes, although they are often thought to be unavoidable.
Yes. Many people think crashes are just bad luck, but risk factors such as speed, alcohol, or fatigue lie behind them. If you reduce or avoid these factors, both the likelihood and the severity of a crash decrease. Improving roads helps, although the human factor plays a much bigger role.