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From: The Raven on 23 Jul 2010 04:55 "Athol" <athol_SPIT_SPAM(a)idl.net.au> wrote in message news:1279871968.254321(a)idlwebserver.idl.com.au... > George W Frost <georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Police issued fines to motorists caught travelling at almost 70km/h in >> school zones during traffic operations in Warwick and Bunbury on Tuesday. > > So it's a 70 or 80 zone, and they didn't slow down enough for the > school zone? > >> Earlier this month, a 44-year-old car salesman was sacked after he was >> caught driving at 101km/h in a 40km/h zone. > > So it was a 100 zone and he didn't notice the school zone? > > There is a school zone near Cowra NSW that is in a 100km/h highway. > It's at the end of the driveway of an upmarket school (boarding?), > and there is *no* roadside parking. All of the children are taken > to and from school by vehicles that park in the carpark at the > other end of the driveway... I know of one 500m section of road in Melbourne where you exit the FWY at 100K, onto the ramp at 80, which dumps onto a road marked 70, which then drops to 40 for a school zone. 100m past the school you're back to 70k. That's 5 speed zones in less than a minute of driving.
From: Feral on 23 Jul 2010 05:38 The Raven wrote: > "Athol"<athol_SPIT_SPAM(a)idl.net.au> wrote in message > news:1279871968.254321(a)idlwebserver.idl.com.au... >> George W Frost<georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Police issued fines to motorists caught travelling at almost 70km/h in >>> school zones during traffic operations in Warwick and Bunbury on Tuesday. >> >> So it's a 70 or 80 zone, and they didn't slow down enough for the >> school zone? >> >>> Earlier this month, a 44-year-old car salesman was sacked after he was >>> caught driving at 101km/h in a 40km/h zone. >> >> So it was a 100 zone and he didn't notice the school zone? >> >> There is a school zone near Cowra NSW that is in a 100km/h highway. >> It's at the end of the driveway of an upmarket school (boarding?), >> and there is *no* roadside parking. All of the children are taken >> to and from school by vehicles that park in the carpark at the >> other end of the driveway... > > I know of one 500m section of road in Melbourne where you exit the FWY at > 100K, onto the ramp at 80, which dumps onto a road marked 70, which then > drops to 40 for a school zone. 100m past the school you're back to 70k. > That's 5 speed zones in less than a minute of driving. > > So? What do you want, 100k, 100k, 100k, 40k ... FFS what a silly comment. -- Take Care. ~~ Feral Al ( @..@) (\- :-P -/) ((.>__oo__<.)) ^^^ % ^^^
From: Kev on 23 Jul 2010 14:09 who where wrote: > http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/7631821/all-day-40km-h-zone-plan-backed/ > > Apparently the 90 minutes each morning and afternoon aren't enough for > some. Now it seems there are more parents/carers (who *should* be > able to look out for themselves near a road?) and children (why are > they there?) outside those hours, seemingly necessitating the all-day > speed curfew. Was "Trialled" here in some parts of QLD a few years ago except they made it 30KPH 24/7 the cops had a field day on Sunday arvos nailing speeding motorists on deserted roads that just happened to go past a school where the trial was The reasoning behind it was that some dim witted retard in the public office thought that kids would use the school grounds to play in out of school hours. The only kids doing that are the ones that sneak in, then 5 mins later run out just before the Fire trucks arrive No one has been able to use the school grounds after hours for years. see how long it is before you're chased away by security. Kev
From: Clocky on 23 Jul 2010 20:29 F Murtz wrote: > PHATRS wrote: >> On 23/07/10 10:48, who where wrote: >>> http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/7631821/all-day-40km-h-zone-plan-backed/ >>> >>> >>> Apparently the 90 minutes each morning and afternoon aren't enough >>> for some. Now it seems there are more parents/carers (who *should* >>> be able to look out for themselves near a road?) and children (why >>> are they there?) outside those hours, seemingly necessitating the >>> all-day speed curfew. >> >> No mention of the impact on the road toll, before 40km zones were >> implemented or after the permanent limit is in place. >> >> Lots of talk about fines though. >> >> And the council guy says they are concerned about cost to change the >> signs. It's all about the money folks. >> >> Ben > There Is a minor reduction in toll at zones but an increase elsewhere > as school zones are a completely wrong way to teach road safety to > young learning minds > They get conditioned about roads at school zones and when they have a > real road to contend with, they get run over. It's up to parents to teach them how to cross roads starting from as soon as they start to walk. If kids don't know how to cross a road by the time they go to school it's not the system that has failed the child...
From: F Murtz on 23 Jul 2010 22:48
Clocky wrote: > F Murtz wrote: >> PHATRS wrote: >>> On 23/07/10 10:48, who where wrote: >>>> http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/7631821/all-day-40km-h-zone-plan-backed/ >>>> >>>> >>>> Apparently the 90 minutes each morning and afternoon aren't enough >>>> for some. Now it seems there are more parents/carers (who *should* >>>> be able to look out for themselves near a road?) and children (why >>>> are they there?) outside those hours, seemingly necessitating the >>>> all-day speed curfew. >>> >>> No mention of the impact on the road toll, before 40km zones were >>> implemented or after the permanent limit is in place. >>> >>> Lots of talk about fines though. >>> >>> And the council guy says they are concerned about cost to change the >>> signs. It's all about the money folks. >>> >>> Ben >> There Is a minor reduction in toll at zones but an increase elsewhere >> as school zones are a completely wrong way to teach road safety to >> young learning minds >> They get conditioned about roads at school zones and when they have a >> real road to contend with, they get run over. > > It's up to parents to teach them how to cross roads starting from as soon as > they start to walk. > > If kids don't know how to cross a road by the time they go to school it's > not the system that has failed the child... > > But they don't, so the govt puts these stupid non effective school zone restrictions on that don't drop the overall child accident rates, instead of training schoolchildren properly. |