Agree with you totally andy. Although many people need to have their licences burned (while still in their pocket!) I don't think there's many accidents that can't be prevented, regardless of who's to blame for causing it.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to defend the nova nerd who can't be arsed to put his specs on, and yes I think he deserves a good kickin', but doing our best to prevent bad stuff happening is so much less painful than assigning blame from a hospital bed!