The Association of British Drivers (ABD) has criticized the government's road safety policy, saying that failures were being 'spun' into successes.
The criticism comes after new figures that showed an increase in drink driving related accidents, and an increasing proportion of young driver deaths.
In particular, the ABD pointed to a story in the July 20th issue of Metro: 'Deaths from drink, drug and dangerous driving have risen to their highest level in 30 years, Government figures reveal.'
The ABD also referred to figures that show that the deaths per 100,000 teenage licence holders had almost doubled in the four years until 2004.
According to the ABD, the government was focusing too much on spin and argued that it 'continues to use statistics based flawed on data to make absurd claims for success in reducing road traffic injuries'.
'The government was too focused on a road safety policy geared around speed and speed cameras, and had forgotten the "most valuable road safety tool', traffic police officers.
The ABD also criticised the overly generalistic policies of the government and the 'draconian measures' imposed on speed restrictions, without giving proper incentives to drivers to encourage better standards.
Making road safety part of the national curriculum, and introducing age restrictions for engine size and power were among the recommendations put forward by the ABD.
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