Thread: four police officers killed after being hit by semi-trailer on eastern hwy vic

Originally Posted by Arapiles

You were proposing that the police commit an extrajudicial killing - opposing that’s not left wing, it’s called respect for the rule of law.

Summary Justice is a good beating, I never mentioned Summary execution , but now that you bought it up ... hmm

Originally Posted by Tins

Salutary point. I am 66. I knew of the law here in Vic through the CB traffic in the truck. Never heard of it otherwise. Most people I know who are over 40 have no idea. I don't care about "ignorance is no excuse" crap. If the Government thinks that a law is a good idea FOR SAFETY then they should tell everybody about it. That's what we pay the idiots for. The idea that some folk will slow to 40 and the vast majority will continue at 100 is a recipe for mayhem. Speed differential itself is a massive killer.

Once again, OT I guess. None of the speculation on this site pertains to the investigation into this tragedy.

Was a huge television, radio and newspaper campaign for about 6 weeks leading up to, at and after the introduction of this law - short of knocking on your door, how do they get the point across?

Originally Posted by Tins

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..... Freeways have long been designed with traffic volume in mind. Safety was always considered to be a function of enforcement, not of design. And we have accepted it. We were wrong.
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Maybe - but looked at objectively from any safety measurement, freeways are better than any other class of road, even more so if compared by accidents per vehicle - km.

Bruce H/way, just North of Caboolture. 110 KPH with a 1.2 metre shoulder and 3 metre high, steep batter. Safe as, hey?

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Originally Posted by Homestar

Was a huge television, radio and newspaper campaign for about 6 weeks leading up to, at and after the introduction of this law - short of knocking on your door, how do they get the point across?

In my case..............I don't watch commercial radio, listen to commercial radio, read the socialist fashion accessory or the little paper, not on stalkbook, don't go past billboards often, etc ............... how would I know?

At the very least vicroads should include these notifications with rego renewals, licence renewals and maybe advertise this stuff on aulro.

Didn't WA abandon a similar law due to the sheer number of rear end accidents and subsequent injuries?

cheers, DL

Spoke with a local cop who confirmed that many nose to tail collisions occur when they are doing roadside activities...he said basically from someone rubber necking...slowing down too quickly or even stopping completely. Same for roadworks and workers who unfortunately suffer from the same stupidity.

You see the same unawareness in shops where a person will be completely unaware of the massive line forming behind them as they chat to the check out person or fiddle for cards or coins.

Just humsn nature I guess😐

Originally Posted by Saitch

Bruce H/way, just North of Caboolture. 110 KPH with a 1.2 metre shoulder and 3 metre high, steep batter. Safe as, hey?

BHway.jpg

True, it's not ideal, but it's much better than a single lane in each direction, with opposing traffic going at 100 and merely separated by a strip of paint, and no roadside runoff area, like much of the country's roads.

This has presumably come to the fore as a result of this accident:

Truck licensing shake-up looms after spike in crashes

Training has been an issue for a while now:

Nationwide hunt to track down suspended truck drivers caught up in training scandal