Letter: Diana, latest victim of the car culture

Michael Knee
Monday 01 September 1997 23:02 BST
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Letter: Diana, latest victim of the car culture

Sir: Diana may have been indirectly the victim of paparazzi attention, but she was much more directly the victim of car culture, a mindset which in this case made someone think that it was perfectly acceptable to drive recklessly just to get away from unwanted attention.

Some voices in the anti-car-culture lobby are calling for mandatory speed regulators on all motor vehicles. It should give us all pause for thought that such a seemingly extreme measure might well have saved Diana's life along with many thousands more.

MICHAEL KNEE

Petersfield,

Hampshire

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