easter road toll
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 16:40
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rumpig
just got
home today after spending
easter in gympie, have seen that qld unfortunately had 7 people killed over the
easter period. now like many of you, i heard all week in the lead up to
easter about the "BLITZ" the police were going to have on the roads over the
easter period.
my question is, why is it when i leave
brisbane on thursday afternoon at 2.45 p.m from the southside of
brisbane, and drive the 200 klms north to gympie, why did i only see one speed camera in the entire trip (not including the fixed camera at burpengary). i did see a highway patrol car and 2 police bikes parked in a service station as i drove into gympie, it was dinner time so i assume thats what they were there for, but surely i should see more of a police presence on a trip of that distance on that first arvo of the
easter break.
last year i did the same trip leaving
brisbane at 7.00 p.m on the thursday night and didn't see any police about either. is this police blitz just a media beat up or what?
Reply By: WayneD - Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 17:17
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 17:17
Well we had zero fatalities in NSW, the first time since records were started I understand.
I was in
Sydney for most of
Easter but ventured down the coast to Nowra on Sunday about 350k round trip. It was the most Police I have seen on the road, didn't get more than 2 klm b4 first RBT. Everyone sticking to the speed limit.
However, today everyone is back to usual habits, speeding, running red lights and
parking on clearways. Ah the joys of
Sydney motoring
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Reply By: Mike Harding - Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 19:44
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 19:44
21 people died on the roads over
Easter 2008 – this is a five day recording period and equates to 4.2 people per day.
In 2006 (the last year I can readily find numbers for), 1614 people died on Australian roads – this equates to 4.42 people per day.
In 2005 (the last year I can readily find numbers for), there were 2,101 deaths from suicide (80% were males).
We hear much about road death and millions of dollars are spent on the industry which purports to reduce it. Many regulations are created “for our safety” – some of these regulations (speed cameras) raise considerable sums of money.
We hear virtually nothing about suicide and very little money is spent in trying to prevent it.
The word hypocrisy springs to mind for me.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 20:35
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 20:35
You here about the Road Deaths, but never here about the
Thousands of people badly injured and Crippled for the rest of there
lives, and the heart ache the families go through, its about time
the government shows the actual reality of Broken Bodies, not the
pretend version with actors on adds.
Daza
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Follow Up By: Isuzumu - Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 20:51
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 20:51
I some times wonder if the one person in the vehicle that has a head on with a semi is a suicide? probably never know I suppose.
Cheers Bruce
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Reply By: Alan H - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:50
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:50
The vast majority of crashes at rail crossings are caused by the stupidity or inattention of the driver not stopping or even slowing down for a good look at what might be coming.
Then the old cry goes up for the installation of barriers/flashing lights which get ignored or driven round anyway!
Increasing the fines for PHs and ever more cameras does nothing for the road toll either but certainly raises more cash for the pollies to waste on yet more emotive adverts (or their pet projects!) which get ignored.
I don't know what the answer is but a much increased police presence on the roads would help, as just the thought of a cop around the corner may have an effect on the stupid antics of some drivers.
Alan.
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Follow Up By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:01
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:01
I'm with you Alan. Now if they actually used some of the revenue raised from cameras etc to put more police
on the road patrolling then that would be a good start.
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Follow Up By: rumpig - Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 17:34
Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 17:34
that's what i reckon aswell , the more visible the police are the more people slow down. years ago you used to see police everywhere, these days they have bugger all of them on the roads compared to the number of other vehicles
on the road at the same time. a couple of years back we ventured south over the boarder into nsw at easter time to go
camping, i blew in the bag for rbt's twice on that trip, i couldn't tell you the last time i blew in the bag here in qld it was that long ago.
if qld wants to address the road toll then maybe they can start with more police on the roads, not by double demerit points, i think double demerit points will slow some down, but not as much as the visuale police presence
on the road.
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