Citizens ignore constabulary over speeding in school zones

Mr Gillespie said :

Jethro said :

Good to see the usual mob are out justifying their failure to comply with basic traffic laws. They’re school zones we are talking about… they go for 2 or 3 hundred metres, at best. How hard is it to slow the f*** down for 30 seconds of your life?

Jeez you’re touchy. “How hard is it to slow the f*** down”? People who don’t like the Government’s revenue-raising are classed as a “mob”??

Jim Jones said :

……………Take my foot off the accelerator? Are you mad?

I could ask you how do you cope keeping your eyes on the speedometer instead of the road where the kids run about all the time, hm?

If you’re unable to drive attentively while knowing your speed, you should hand back your license.
So, what you’re saying is, you need to be skilled at holding the needle at 40, while at the same time watching for little kiddies darting about, is a requirement to hold a driver’s licence?

So tell me……how do you hold the needle at 40? With cruise control? Not everyone has cruise control or are you suggesting that be a requirement for holding a licence?

Or am I just “justifying failure to comply with basic traffic laws” again??

You are an absolute nutter. Please hand in your licence and seek psychiatric help.

Jethro said :

Good to see the usual mob are out justifying their failure to comply with basic traffic laws. They’re school zones we are talking about… they go for 2 or 3 hundred metres, at best. How hard is it to slow the f*** down for 30 seconds of your life?

Jeez you’re touchy. “How hard is it to slow the f*** down”? People who don’t like the Government’s revenue-raising are classed as a “mob”??

Jim Jones said :

……………Take my foot off the accelerator? Are you mad?

I could ask you how do you cope keeping your eyes on the speedometer instead of the road where the kids run about all the time, hm?

If you’re unable to drive attentively while knowing your speed, you should hand back your license.
So, what you’re saying is, you need to be skilled at holding the needle at 40, while at the same time watching for little kiddies darting about, is a requirement to hold a driver’s licence?

So tell me……how do you hold the needle at 40? With cruise control? Not everyone has cruise control or are you suggesting that be a requirement for holding a licence?

Or am I just “justifying failure to comply with basic traffic laws” again??

p1 said :

I went past the police booking a person in my local school zone yesterday, around 2pm. Two cop cars, and breathalysers in hand, so clearly a organised deal rather then a random traffic stop.

As suspected… maybe they should be out at 3pm with breathalyzers in-hand.. you know, when there are actually kids out near the street and there is a hieghtened safety risk.

Good to see the usual mob are out justifying their failure to comply with basic traffic laws. They’re school zones we are talking about… they go for 2 or 3 hundred metres, at best. How hard is it to slow the f*** down for 30 seconds of your life?

Mr Gillespie said :

Captain RAAF said :

aidan said :

Captain RAAF said :

I regularly drive through a school zone that for 90% of it’s active time there isn’t a child to be seen for miles!

My heart bleeds. Really. How do you cope with having to take your foot of the accelerator? Does it hurt?

Take my foot off the accelerator? Are you mad?

I could ask you how do you cope keeping your eyes on the speedometer instead of the road where the kids run about all the time, hm?

If you’re unable to drive attentively while knowing your speed, you should hand back your license.

dvaey said :

Id be interested to know how many of these 75 notices were issued during the ‘peak’ times of drop-off and pick-up, and how many were issued during the day when no kids were around. I suspect that a number of these tickets would be people used to the national system of school zones only applying during these times.

Does it matter? Kids aren’t just around during peak times anyway. Keep it simple: 40kmh 8a-4p. It takes less than a minute to go through most school zones.

I went past the police booking a person in my local school zone yesterday, around 2pm. Two cop cars, and breathalysers in hand, so clearly a organised deal rather then a random traffic stop.

Captain RAAF said :

aidan said :

Captain RAAF said :

I regularly drive through a school zone that for 90% of it’s active time there isn’t a child to be seen for miles!

My heart bleeds. Really. How do you cope with having to take your foot of the accelerator? Does it hurt?

Take my foot off the accelerator? Are you mad?

I could ask you how do you cope keeping your eyes on the speedometer instead of the road where the kids run about all the time, hm?

Id be interested to know how many of these 75 notices were issued during the ‘peak’ times of drop-off and pick-up, and how many were issued during the day when no kids were around. I suspect that a number of these tickets would be people used to the national system of school zones only applying during these times.

aidan said :

Captain RAAF said :

I regularly drive through a school zone that for 90% of it’s active time there isn’t a child to be seen for miles!

My heart bleeds. Really. How do you cope with having to take your foot of the accelerator? Does it hurt?

Take my foot off the accelerator? Are you mad?