Grizzly_Adams
3rd February 2006, 10:29 PM
The RACQ is conducting an online survey here (http://www.racq.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/SID-342D8FD3-63FF8616/racq_cms_production/hs.xsl/Motoring_Road_Safety_Foun_4822_ENA_HTML.htm)
(if the link doesn't work you can get to it from http://www.racq.com.au)
to collect Queenslanders' views on what might improve the State's road toll. The idea is that the RACQ will be taking the information obtained through the Online Survey to the Queensland State Government's Road Safety Summit in late February.
Most probably - left to their own devices – the "solution" the pollies would come up with would be more speed cameras, double demerits and other such junk which have all consistently failed to even maintain the "pre-speed camera" era reduction trend in the road toll.
This is in my view an extremely important topic and a first class opportunity for serious drivers to maybe have an influence, albeit via a motoring organisation. Perhaps even more importantly, to let the motoring organisation appreciate a different viewpoint to that of their run of the mill membership.
They (the RACQ) accepts submissions from members as well as non members, and therefore it is a great opportunity to provide some counter to the "speed-cameras-cure-everything" prevailing mantra, and provide a voice for more and better driver training, better roads, more sensible licensing systems etc.
All motoring enthusiasts should invest the time to send a submission!
(if the link doesn't work you can get to it from http://www.racq.com.au)
to collect Queenslanders' views on what might improve the State's road toll. The idea is that the RACQ will be taking the information obtained through the Online Survey to the Queensland State Government's Road Safety Summit in late February.
Most probably - left to their own devices – the "solution" the pollies would come up with would be more speed cameras, double demerits and other such junk which have all consistently failed to even maintain the "pre-speed camera" era reduction trend in the road toll.
This is in my view an extremely important topic and a first class opportunity for serious drivers to maybe have an influence, albeit via a motoring organisation. Perhaps even more importantly, to let the motoring organisation appreciate a different viewpoint to that of their run of the mill membership.
They (the RACQ) accepts submissions from members as well as non members, and therefore it is a great opportunity to provide some counter to the "speed-cameras-cure-everything" prevailing mantra, and provide a voice for more and better driver training, better roads, more sensible licensing systems etc.
All motoring enthusiasts should invest the time to send a submission!