Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The image depicts a traffic scene and is captioned “Right”.
Road Safety Council
The most vulnerable position in a private car, in the case of accident, is the kerb side of the front seat and the safest is the middle of the back seat, states the Queensland Road Safety Council, whose aim is to reduce the toll of the roads.
The statistics of Australia’s road toll are still frightening the Council says. In 71 per cent of all fatal accidents resulting from human failings, the road user killed was primarily responsible for his own death.
It is also estimated that the annual economic cost of road accidents amounts to £25,000,000. This sum would be sufficient to employ over 40,000 workers at the basic wage rate for one year.
Investigations have also shown that approximately half the fatal accidents occur on straight roads and in rural districts and also the fact