AUDREY Wixon uses an entire column (Free Press, April 29) in an attempt to justify a theory that driving in "familiar territory" can be dangerous.

Presumably more dangerous than in "unfamiliar territory" otherwise what was the purpose of the column?

That 23 per cent of collisions occur less than one mile from a driver's home (familiar territory) means that 77 per cent of collisions occur further than one mile from home (less familiar territory), which, using her definition, suggests that driving in familiar territory is a far safer thing.

Alternatively 52 per cent of collisions within five miles compared to 48 per cent more than five miles from home could be claimed to show an insignificant difference.

The reality is that "familiar territory" has very little to do with distance from our home, particularly if the vast majority of journeys are little more than five miles anyway.

Mr P D Somerville, High Wycombe