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Re: Highway Robbery - Bruce Josephs Aug 2005

Wed, 09 November 2005 04:04

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the point is the over zealous speed enforcement of the government in making the driving trip much more stressful and dangerous, all the people that uses the road have different skill level and we all know, just because you're a good/ok driver, doesn't mean everyone is, you may think it's funny to call other people retard, but one day, this "retard" is going to rear end your car and give you a stiff neck or even kill someone that you know and love, just because he was too busy looking at his speedo, and not at the traffic around him, and in the end, you are going to be the one to pay! Although this is the general ignorant attitude the world has become, that if it doesn't affect you directly, you won't give a shit, but that's not the way the world revolves around, every little things around you will affect you!

Most rules/laws etc are enforced by the government to protect morons from themselves and to attempt to protect other people from morons. You always have to account for the lowest common denominator i.e. most people could safely drive a little over the posted limit without a problem but the few that can't are the ones that you have to worry about Wink

I would be very scared if everyone who thought they were a good driver got out there and drove at what speed they felt safe at Confused

NB. In no way am I claiming to be a good driver, but I just try to remain attentive and keep an eye on what everyone around me is up to whilst adhering to the rules.

An interesting point to note is the number of fatalies here in the ACT has more than doubled in 2005 (compared to 2004), I think we are up to 27 deaths, 7 of which are motorcyclists (1 of which was speeding), 5 were taken out by cars at intersections that failed to give way and one was taken out by some fag doing a burnout. Of the cars 4 of them were old people (over ~70) who died in single vehicle accidents. The rest were mostly single vehicle accidents with quite a few involving speeding P-platers usually killing the passengers.

The ACT Governments response is to up the number of camera locations from 65 to 640 in 2006. This may slow a few dipshits down who just got their licence and are taking their mates for a fang, but it won't help the others who get taken out at intersections or by old people who have passed their period of safe driving. EDIT: the other initiative the ACT Government is looking to introduce is licence testing at each licence renewal, I say bring it on, so many fuckers out there are going to fail Evil or Very Mad

Don't get me wrong, speed cameras are a revenue raiser more so than a safety tool. But all everyone ever does is fkn whinge about them and rarely does anyone ever address the other issues or offer alternatives to curb the road toll.

[Updated on: Wed, 09 November 2005 04:46]

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