No Surprise - new URL

[Horse]

On the off-chance that you'd noticed it had gone, it's back - but lost the .uk from its URL

Now:
https://nosurprise.org/

Not heard of it? Our very own Spin was one of the co-creators. The Home page explains:

No Surprise? No Accident!
The aim of the ‘No Surprise: No Accident’ campaign is to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes by shifting the way we think about road safety.

Whilst there has been a steady downward trend in road casualties, motorcyclists remain over-represented in those figures and we continue to crash in the same ways and in the same places. This argues that we need new and original thinking to tackle old problems, a new paradigm for motorcycle safety.

The current system is based on outdated and unscientific ideas. In the ‘Old View’, it’s assumed that by applying the right skills and conforming to a strict set of rules, motorcyclists would not crash. Crashing must therefore be a result of lack of skill or the consequences of breaking the rules. ‘Lack’ of skills has been addressed by making it tougher to get a license or by encouraging post-test training. Punishment of those getting it wrong is used enforce this ideal, ‘normative’, behaviour, with fines, endorsements and even criminal convictions being used as a deterrent.

The problem with this hindsight-based blame culture is that the crash has already happened, and with post-test training only taken by a small minority, neither approach does anything to equip other motorcyclists to avoid the same crashes.

The ‘No Surprise: No Accident’ initiative proposes to change the current road safety thinking by adopting a ‘New View’ of safety based on lessons already learned in other safety-conscious industries, in particular by recognising the limitations of human beings in the way they think, act and react on the roads.

“All accidents are the result of prediction failure.
Surprise is Nature’s way of telling us we have experienced such a failure.
If there is no surprise there can be no accident”
Duncan MacKillop

The ‘No Surprise: No Accident’ initiative offers a concept that:

- fits with scientific principles
- incorporates key knowledge from the fields of human factors, neuroscience, psychology and perception
- borrows from established safety practice, particularly from the aviation industry
- offers a workable framework within which available data can be analysed, incorporated, disseminated, and the basic concept improved

[The Spin Doctor]

Ta for putting that up.

Still struggling to break through into the mainstream of road safety despite the underlying principles being widely accepted in areas like airline safety.

But there are signs of a shift.

[Horse]

Still struggling to break through into the mainstream of road safety

But there are signs of a shift.

Doing my best, whenever possible!