600 speeders busted in February

A lot of these offenders were traveling through the Cotter Rd roads works between the parkway an streeton drive. There were (and still are) lots of motorcycle cops radaring people going through there, and always had someone pulled over when I’ve driven past.

Mr Gillespie said :

How many kids have actually been killed from speeding cars in 40km/h school zones? Has anyone ever bothered to research that??

I don’t know the research but I know I drive every day throught the school zone outside Alfred Deakin high school and I am heartily glad that school zones apply to even high school aged kids. The way those kids just cross the road any way they feel like crossing it despite the high volume of traffic on that road, its a good thing that most cars do the posted 40kph speed limit otherwise there would be a student collected there regularly.

A friend of mine saw one of his mates hit by a car outside school when he was about 8 years old. He said his friends head split open like an eggshell, and his brain burst out and rolled down the road.

Don’t break the speed limit, especially around schools.

Mr Gillespie said :

How many kids have actually been killed from speeding cars in 40km/h school zones? Has anyone ever bothered to research that??

As a child I actually witnessed two fatalities outside schools – one outside my preschool and one outside my primary school. In both cases a kid darted out into oncoming traffic and the cars didn’t have the time to stop. Seeing these kids die on the side of the road was pretty horrific and definitely helped shaped my attitude regarding road safety.

This was in QLD before the introduction of lower school speed limits.

I’m going to theorise that accidents like the two I witnessed helped lead to lower speed limits outside schools.

Mr Gillespie said :

How many kids have actually been killed from speeding cars in 40km/h school zones? Has anyone ever bothered to research that??

The Dept. of Transport used to have an excellent website where you could access that sort of data via an excellent search engine. I remember looking it up myself a few years ago.
Basically 40km schoolzones’ introduction co-incided with a significant decrease in children being killed during the day on weekdays. (You could search for pedestrian deaths, by age, by time of day/day of week, etc…).
Ditto with the introduction of 50km urban speed limits – pedestrian deaths dropped straight away.

Of course you could never really prove the two things are actually correlated, (confounding factors could include vehicles getting lighter and rounder, less kids leaving school on foot, ???) but I think it’s safe to say that those speed limits have saved a significant amount of lives, and continue to do so.

Mr Gillespie said :

Alderney, they aren’t “willing” to contribute. I have explained many, many times before in many previous RiotACT discussions, that the fines, once issued, are anything but voluntary.

Bet I’m wasting my breath yet again…… Ah well, maybe it’s because I take bullshit artists like you too literally……

Ahh Mr Gillespie,

Your misunderstanding why people call it a voluntary tax, it is not voluntary as you have said, after you receive the fine, but the person who receives the fine could have driven at or below the speed limit, they volunteered to go faster than the limit, thus a voluntary fine.

Think of it as someone forgetting the plastic bags, same thing.

Alderney said :

I’m content to know there are so many willing to contribute to the government stupidity tax.

If the coppers pulled their fingure out they’d catch many many more.

Absolutely, if they stopped patrolling the ‘burbs and doing other police work, I’m sure they could sit on the roadside and collect hundreds of fines a day. Or we could just rely on speed cameras, because there are that many spastics driving around Canberra that the Government would be mad not to keep adding more and more.

Mr Gillespie said :

Alderney, they aren’t “willing” to contribute. I have explained many, many times before in many previous RiotACT discussions, that the fines, once issued, are anything but voluntary.

Bet I’m wasting my breath yet again…… Ah well, maybe it’s because I take bullshit artists like you too literally……

Mr Gillespie, is speeding voluntary? If so, then you are willing to speed and accept the risk you may be fined. If it isn’t voluntary, you are a crap driver who should hand in your licence.

How many fines have you had in your life? I’m betting an absolute truckload, because people like you who think they’re awesome drivers, are usually the worst. Anyone who continually gets pinged by speed cameras is so bereft of common sense and the most basic driving skills that I’m happy for them (you) to continue contributing revenue.

Mr Gillespie said :

How many kids have actually been killed from speeding cars in 40km/h school zones? Has anyone ever bothered to research that??

You really are a complete imbecile. I doubt you even have an active licence. You’re probably one of these selfish nuffies who drive on suspended or disqualified licences, without giving a shit about anyone else on the road.

sandcaw said :

Perhaps now they can start targeting drivers using mobile phones.

Roll on the day!