Road safety - a Greek oxymoron

I love Greeks, I have been married to one for 25 years, but I still don't understand them.

When we moved from Australia to the Peloponnese a few years ago, I arrived with a long-held belief that Greeks cherish their family above everything else.

But why do they put their children's lives at risk every day?

Three people from one street in our village have died in nearby road accidents in three years.

This dance with death starts from the cradle. Babies are taken in cars without protective capsules. Mothers are seen cradling their defenseless newborns in the front seat of cars with toddlers catapulting on the back seat or sitting on the driver's lap.

Parents don't lead by example and seat belts never provide a protective embrace.

It is common to see a small child on a motor bike nestled between a father's legs. One sudden swerve and the "light of...