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Smokey · #11 26-03-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by slappy

They should make cars do go over the pits every year to make sure they are road worthy. That way all the crappy bald tyre, no pads, oil leaking bunkys can be taken off the road. Also cops wouldn't have to worry about giving out yellow stickers every 5 minutes as the people in the pits would be deciding whats legal. Thats how it works in New Zealand and the cops hardly ever hand out yellows and have more time to respond to actual crime.

Yeah, this has to happen, (once every 2 years or something). Maybe they can even include a working permit system when they implement this!

slappy · #12 26-03-2007, 12:59 PM

Might also stop dudes bolting turbos onto cars with single pot front brakes too.

ImPreSiV · #13 26-03-2007, 01:29 PM

maybe we should organise a protest.. all the cars from the modified car scene at parliment house. I recon 1000+ people who are willing to do something about it and suggest maybe some better ways of reducing the road toll would cause the "big wigs" to stop and listen to the people for a change.

Hiking up fines and demerit's isnt going to do shit IMO. Better driver edumacation, Larger focus on the "other" things that motorists are dying from, and maybe... just maybe... driver rewards?

Why should I drive at the speed limit? What's in it for me. 10km's over makes fuck all difference really, and I doubt people are being killed because they are doing 80 in a 70 zone. Excessive speed combined with driver fatigue, alcohol/drugs, poor roads, poor sinage, and lack of education is what causes speeding motorists to die.

There is more to the problem than whacking a couple of fixed camera's here and there and jacking up the fine's to pay for the end of year police function!

Josh · #14 26-03-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RichX

WA needs better roads and a better road systems .. Just got back from Syd and they are years in front.

Can you expand on this? When I was in Sydney in 2005 I wanted to shoot myself in all the traffic.

waxdass · #15 26-03-2007, 01:43 PM

... and the roads. roads are fukn shocking over there mate
i dunno where u went in sydney ... mayb the freeways ?

Josh · #16 26-03-2007, 01:45 PM

Perhaps he just stayed in Casino car park, Tode?

Smokey · #17 26-03-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ImPreSiV

maybe we should organise a protest.. all the cars from the modified car scene at parliment house. I recon 1000+ people who are willing to do something about it and suggest maybe some better ways of reducing the road toll would cause the "big wigs" to stop and listen to the people for a change.

Hiking up fines and demerit's isnt going to do shit IMO. Better driver edumacation, Larger focus on the "other" things that motorists are dying from, and maybe... just maybe... driver rewards?

Why should I drive at the speed limit? What's in it for me. 10km's over makes fuck all difference really, and I doubt people are being killed because they are doing 80 in a 70 zone. Excessive speed combined with driver fatigue, alcohol/drugs, poor roads, poor sinage, and lack of education is what causes speeding motorists to die.

There is more to the problem than whacking a couple of fixed camera's here and there and jacking up the fine's to pay for the end of year police function!

Hoons asking for pit checks every 2 years would make front page

saturation · #18 26-03-2007, 01:57 PM

cameras the easy way to go, making the polies look like theyre doing something when in fact theyre doing sweet fk all squandering it on their numerous overseas "research" trips.

Impresiv id look to see your idea bear fruition when in fact i think all that will happen is a 1000 of us getting stickered in a hoon crackdown, ala ignition dvd style.

Sethor · #19 26-03-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh

Perhaps he just stayed in Casino car park, Tode?

The toll roads are great there but I swear every lane in Sydney was about 1 foot narrower than over here (pretty much the width on the horseshoe bridge).

jezzamcbezza · #20 26-03-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kato

Sounds like our tax dollars going to good use there.

Let's see, they have to go to a few European destinations to look at their speed camera set up. Nice holiday there.

Using Monash University to conduct studies (yes I know Monash have a lot of car/speed research going on). How about getting local universities to research it instead.

The results: By implementing 1000's of speed cameras, they may be able to reduce the amount of deaths per 100,000 relating to speed from 9 to 5. Because in Europe, its all about the speed cameras - not the design quality of the roads/freeways/highways - not the better driver education given.

No no no, teaching driver education from early ages, fixing the silly road signs, better identification at merge points, concentrating on tailgating, drink driving, poor driving attitudes and having realistic speed limits would not help the road toll at all.

It's funny how all the road toll / speed camera studies come from Monash University.

Guess who contributes a large "donation" to Monash University every year

I'm all for 1000 cars rocking up to Parliament house.