Thread: RACQ calls for pedestrians to be fined

Agree 100%

I see this all day.

But also pedestrians need to be educated.

Many miss the point,you can’t just step out onto a crossing without looking,well you can but you may be hit by something.

What happened to the stop,look left,then right,then left again.If clear continue to cross the road.

This needs to be done whether crossing the road on a crossing or not.

I agree, pedestrians need to look first.

A speed limit of 30? revenue rasing or just punishing the people who do the right thing and probably don't have the accidents in the first place?

Should be 25 IMO, no bull bars, fluffy pillows attached to the front of every vehicle...

Oh wait - I meant, 80, with razor sharp bull bars... What was I thinking...

Can’t help Stupid , it’s Natural Selection .

A young lady undertook me ( in a line of traffic ) at approx 130 Klm on Melbourne Lancefield Rd in the wet and on the grass , on the phone ......
Fair enough , it could be an emergency .

Nah .... caught up at the Airport roundabout , still on the phone putting makeup on !

And yes , was a
“ P “rofessional driver , on the high skill Red plates !!!!

Originally Posted by Homestar

Should be 25 IMO, no bull bars, fluffy pillows attached to the front of every vehicle...

Oh wait - I meant, 80, with razor sharp bull bars... What was I thinking...

Death race 2018 ! Who gets to be Frankenstein first ?

Originally Posted by Rextheute

Can’t help Stupid , it’s Natural Selection .

A young lady undertook me ( in a line of traffic ) at approx 130 Klm on Melbourne Lancefield Rd in the wet and on the grass , on the phone ......
Fair enough , it could be an emergency .

Nah .... caught up at the Airport roundabout , still on the phone putting makeup on !

And yes , was a
“ P “rofessional driver , on the high skill Red plates !!!!

Pretty fit pedestrian to be passing you at 130km/h.

Pedestrians think they own the road, how about they carry ID, get registered and insured and then get off my road before they get me killed. I only say this because I'm worried for them.

Oh, great article also. This was the finest part of the journalism.

Earlier this month, Caroline Davis, 33, was killed on her birthday when she was hit by a ute while jogging at Chelmer in south-west Brisbane.



Also this month, a pedestrian was critically injured on the city's northside, and a 67-year-old woman was killed and her partner injured when they were struck by a car in Logan City, south of Brisbane.


Yesterday, a woman in her 20s sustained severe leg injuries when she was run over by a bus in Brisbane's CBD.


It is not known whether any of these cases were linked to mobile phones or other devices.

Originally Posted by scarry

Agree 100%


But also pedestrians need to be educated.

I "educated" one a few weeks ago in Kalgoorlie ................... with my bullbar.

Phone in his ear, not looking at where he was going - stepped straight out in front of me. Luckily I was only traveling quite slowly (it was in the main street) and only clipped him lightly - enough to give him a bloody good fright but didn't knock him off his feet.