All of this states that the special interest groups are trying to generalize a "human factor" idea, that gives the blame to the driver and reduces the blame on themselves. The research also done is to construct a driving problem based on this human factor, and use it to strive for change. This allows for the special interest groups to show that drivers are at fault and are to blame for all accidents. One way to obtain data is the use of police reports.

    The police reports though may not take into account other variables other then the ones that are asked. Such as a person asked if they were wearing a seat belt would answer yes if the law requires seat belts. The person would not admit to wrong doings before the accident.  Another way that shows the police reports do not take into account all variables are to compare the police accident reports to that reported by hospital emergency admissions. The police report would not have any information of demographics, social, and crash factors and the severity of the injuries. The other variables may not be taken because of different reasons such as in the city there are many reported accidents and the police officer may be pressed for time to complete the review in a short period of time. Also the type of information they are required to ask for.

    The feeling that the author portrays is one of a bias that is all against the road users. By changing the blame for the individual groups mistakes to one of all groups blaming the "human factor." To me this makes for an unsettleing feeling of unfairness that the ones with power can make policy to fit their needs. Power of these specialized groups to change the definition of what traffic safety is. After reading chapter, traffic safety is for drivers to be taught a certain way and that the deviant drivers are the ones reducing safety. For the second question of "how do these definitions affect driving activities?" The definition of traffic safety affect the driving activities by forcing the driver to take more precautions. These precautions also may have a positive effect by the way the road users drives but the road users cannot always predict how the road conditions will be or how well the car will operate.
 
    The main question though that should be looked at are how it affects the insurance company when there are accidents. An insurance company benefit from pressure on risk taking because it helps reduce the number and severity of claims. Also by putting a price on the human by using the "human factor" taking away the fault of others than that of the driver. The reason why I think that it is important to look at the insurance companies because the less amount of accidents the less they will have to pay and the more the company can make in profits.