Lotz-A-Landies
29th May 2012, 04:23 PM
The South Australian Police Minister Jennifer Rankine, has today announced changes to fine and points schedules. Lower speed fines but higher demerits for SA - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-29/speeding-fines-reduced-demerit-points-increased/4039976) This means that as little as two speeding fines in three years could see you walking or catching the bus (if there was actually public transport in Australia). While I applaud the drive towards road safety, the aggressive stance is not backed up by statistics.
Only last night the president of the Council of Motoring Clubs NSW recited a number of statistics presented by NSW RMS/TAC, IIRC apparently current vehicle numbers on the roads have risen to over 16 times what it was at the end of WWII, last year serious pedestrian injuries were the lowest since records were collected in 1907, fatal crashes lowest since the 1940s and serious injuries the lowest in 30 years or something along those lines. (The dates and statistics may not correlate, but the statistics indicated the best year on record for many decades, inspite of more vehicles and more people on and around our roads.)
Is SA coming up for an election?
Only last night the president of the Council of Motoring Clubs NSW recited a number of statistics presented by NSW RMS/TAC, IIRC apparently current vehicle numbers on the roads have risen to over 16 times what it was at the end of WWII, last year serious pedestrian injuries were the lowest since records were collected in 1907, fatal crashes lowest since the 1940s and serious injuries the lowest in 30 years or something along those lines. (The dates and statistics may not correlate, but the statistics indicated the best year on record for many decades, inspite of more vehicles and more people on and around our roads.)
Is SA coming up for an election?