Speed cameras - nsw slush fund

[fuji]

Hey Donuts...we could do with some of your mates and my ex cohort doing a bit of work around the St Helena area..... would have to be the 'happy hunting grounds' as we live in a signed 40kmh zone between a couple of schools...
Anyway
Not more enforcement required IMHO but lets go back to actually teaching roadcraft as part of the licencing requirements.... then the majority would be in the 'right' place on the road, travelling at the 'right' speed,  with the 'right' gear engaged  (that might even be their brains which I fear with some are located a lot lower than their skulls!).
Desert Lover
ex vic pol.

P.s. i was in Weidlich yesterday


No probs, just let me know where u want me i.e. what school. I already do Wallowa road a fair bit. Cheers
Wayne

[rescue1]

I find on the longer drives, my eyes get sore checking the speedo all the time.

Seriously, you can't even use cruise control other than a freeway because the limit changes so often.
Try driving bells line, pathetic highway, or any major arterial with cruise control.
You spend so much time changing it you're bound to have an accident.

Now I don't endorse speeding or running reds EVER, but revenue cameras are not the answer.

Off topic, but related....

Unfortunately some councils your included have realized that parking fines are a great revenue stream although I have no sympathy for some of the clowns I meet every day like the poor bugger this morning that ended up with an immediate suspension and he was only doing 60 ( just forgot to read those signs that say the speed limit drops to 10 when there's troops marching on the road)

I took my son to soccer a few weeks ago. I coach the team and arrive early. Even still, I couldn't find any parking.
The grounds accommodate 12 soccer fields, but only have enough parking for 2 or 3. Add to that the weekend pain Nazis doing their boot camp and people have to park on the grass, double park, in the bus area etc etc.

Of course I got booked by a council ranger didn't I...
You can't tell me on a Saturday morning in a ground with limited parking, that that's not revenue raising.
Booking your own constituents for taking kids to soccer. Pathetic effort. But they go on the whole "safety"thing to back their decision.
How safe is it to have people park at the shopping centre using all their parking spots then walk the 2 km's along a busy road with no footpath 2 inches from cars, trucks and buses, carrying all the gear and kids who are ramped up to play sport.

Yeah safety - My donkey!!!! Greedy pork rollers.
Hope you all get boils on your peckers!!!.

If you really want to stop the problem, come down hard on repeat offenders, instead of the usual let offs or minimal sentencing.
Harden up.

Rant ended, now to take a bex and have a lie down.
Brian