There is, most certainly good evidence for the effectiveness of supervision as a driving risk mitigation approach, and quite a lot of it (speaking as a road safety researcher). That's one part of what's been behind the evolution of the modern Australian graduated driver licensing system - more time supervised, restrictions to reduce amount of time in statistically high-risk situations (e.g. driving after midnight, driving with a bunch of mates in the car, etc etc.)
As someone with a background in road safety (and novice driver safety in particular), and also as a recently-solo glider pilot, I personally have no problem with the system of frequent checks and lots of instructor support for less experienced pilots such as myself. Is it useful for more-experienced pilots? I don't know, but if we compare the accident rate for gliders with the GA accident rate, how do we compare? I suspect our check-flights-and-instructors system does help reduce some kinds of accidents, particularly for newer pilots and those who haven't flown for a while. Does it help for the others? No clue. Teal > On 11 Feb 2017, at 2:05 pm, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On 11 February 2017 at 13:08, Stuart Wolf <stuac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> But what the evidence shows is more supervised hours, not less are an >> effective risk mitigation strategy, as is ongoing validation. Especially >> around the experience danger zone. There is a reason the state licensing >> went with 80, 100 and 120 hours > > So there is an actual evidence to show this, properly corrected for variables > that may have also produced this results. Better cars, roads come to mind, I > am sure there are others. > > Are there less accidents for drivers certified under the new system? . > > Cheers > > Paul > > > Cheers > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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