where are the police on our roads

Agreed... we did the same trip a month ago, up to Newman, turn left through Karijini and back along the coast road. A lot of bad behaviour on the roads. Only police we saw was a paddy wagon doing the rounds at Monkey Mia CVP. Our pollies often rant about the road toll, but unfortunately are not doing doing anything constructive about it...

A spate of fatal car crashes has sparked the Government to convene an urgent meeting with road safety bodies, in a bid to tackle WA’s soaring road toll. The latest fatality being in the Pilbara and the majority of fatalities on country roads.

Traffic Enforcement might be about to get a bit of overtime.

Broodie.

There is now a multitude of safety devices/system in vehicles and so people don't have to drive safely, it is all provided for them. You know that!
While driving coaches interstate for a while, Up a long hill, at night, I have been overtaken next to double lines by a B DOUBLE. It is also safe if another B double doesn't appear the other way.

I taught Traffic Safety for 8 years and taught about 450 young people to drive. Now, the driving instructors have to know the road rules reasonably well, but most of them are not good drivers and only a minute percentage have EVER done aDRIVER TRAINING COURSE and have little idea what Defensive Driving is.. They train people to PASS their Licence Test but nothing else much at all. Result, unprogrammed people who's brains have insufficient conceptual idea of situations. Therefore, when something goes wrong it is always BRAKE BRAKE BRAKE. that solves everything doesn't it?
Road safety groups aren't much worth. Our governments, Nation Wide, should have daily video clips on TV and media showing proper driving practices in various situations. Then it might become a "second nature" thing in peoples minds.
Unfortunately there will aways be the ones who don't consider others, not only on the road either.

There are people on here who have voiced their displeasure about someone who travels at 85 or 90KMH, because they bought the latest V8 and big caravan and they can travel at 100 +++++.kmh. Why can't we all? But is it safe?

Be careful what you wish for.

I can see a dystopian future where being allowed to drive will be a privilege.

For now though, with all the automated revenue raisers in place, only John Citizen pays the price. The arsehats in stolen cars don't care, they go unpunished. Unregistered car? No license? Unpaid fines? Ignore them. After all, what is the government going to do? They won't jail you. If you have nothing, they can't take anything off you. Just ignore them, and continue doing what you do. Only people with something to lose are punished by the law.

Could be the lack of recruits Broodie. I know their 3 to4 hundred short in SA. Same in other states I guess.
I wouldn't have the job in WA for quids. Last one I met was just outside Laverton at 7am for a breathalyser test. :)
Dave.

Quicker would be bad anyway but sooner would be worse...

I like the way they always seem to blame Indian Ocean Drive whenever there's an accident on it. It's not the road it's the bloody stupidity of the drivers.
We saw a bloke being booked on there for something a year or so ago and a few minutes later he went past us on double whites right near a blind right hander! But I have been told by an idiot I was chatting to once that 'White lines including doubles are only advisory.....'! Work that one out if you can.
Although I wouldn't do their job for anything, especially the cleaning up following a smash, living not far from the Police Academy at Joondalup we see some shocking driving from cops who are supposedly policing others on the roads.

G'day Adventurers

Some time ago there was a noticeable Police/highway patrol presence on along the Great Northern Highway between Newman and Port Hedland, these days you are hard pressed to actually sight a marked Police vehicle on the highway, I'm not saying they don't use unmarked vehicles.

There are spy cameras in all the major towns, Newman has four visible camera clusters, each cluster has four cameras, so my guess the boots on the ground cops are now cops with their bums in office chairs watching monitors, then responding to what ever the situation requirement might be.

All regional Police stations are now being equipped with 'state of the art' Drones, which can be activated and deployed within minutes, these Drone have all the latest technology like night vision cameras etc.

We even have cardboard Cops standing around at various retail outlet doorways.

Safe travels : Joe F

Part of the reason for a lack of visible presence (which no doubt includes 'cost saving') is that the Police Force are having trouble recruiting people.

Why would that be?

From my perspective I see that the people on the front line aren't supported by their heirarchy.
Arrest someone of the wrong colour and their lawyers create problems that the poor copper doesn't need.

Defend yourself where the armed victim is killed and get pilloried.

I for one want a Police 'Force' that WILL be prepared to do whatever it takes to sustain a peaceful life for those want to live a normal, fear free life.

It's not just a WA problem - we rarely see a patrol car on the road in NSW except when it's a double demerits period - then they are everywhere. The only thing I see around Sydney is mobile speed cameras, including the one at Rhodes (Sydney) watching the bumper to bumper peak hour traffic regularly.

From everything I've seen the government seems to only focus on things they can enforce with cameras. That was speeding, now it's also mobile phone usage and seatbelts. Everything else that needs cops on the road to detect gets ignored.