hey fella's, time for me to put my 2 cents worth in on this 50kmph debate
i live on a street that is goverent by the 50kmph zone law's up here in qld. i have been at the place now for just over 2 years. it's a nice street, the road is in good condition, (as in no pot holes) and there are children living on the street. the street is about 2 km long with a sharp sweeping bend to the left at a angle of about 13degrees, (you go down hill on this sweeping bend) it has lines marked on the roads, and there is diretion arrow's for each direction of traffic flow. now, directly opposite my house there is a nother house on the apex of this bend, and im on the below swep of this bend. in my front yard there is a teleraph pole. currently there is 9 different pain colour's on the pole in my front yard, that's 9 different car's that have gone head on into the pole
at the risk of a public backlash here, the majority of crashes involved modifyed car's with young driver's involved (all still on their p plates) my front fence has been knocked over 2 times, and the neighbour has had his garden ripped up more times than i care to mention. i have a daughter that isnt alowed on the driveway or alowed to play in the front yard, the neighbour wont let his grandkid's park or play in his front yard, neither will the house 2 doors up from me. it's getting pretty bad.
my point is that it should be a legal requirement that driver's attent a driver education programe before getting their provisional licence, and be restriced to a certain capacity car (like motor bikes) for the "provisional year's". e.g. they should only be alowed to drive in a 4 cycl motor for example with frequent road worthy checks done at their own expence. just lowering the speed limit wont reduce the road toal but it is a helping factor in reducing the severioty of the crashes.
the police are just doing a job that no one else wants to do, vnexec350 made a very valid point about what the police actualy do. when i was a young driver my self, i managed to get 2 speeding tickets, i have learnt that speeding isnt the best option, and it is epensive if you get caught.
the police arnt there to raise revenue, and to simply think that is very narrow minded, people who speed are infact in my mind commiting pre meditated murder, you chose to speed, you should own upto your actions and face all penalty's that are infliced on you.
basicly to sum up my 2 cents work in a short sentance, police arnt there to raise revenue, the speedlimit is something that should be adheard to at all times. and the 50kmph is a good thing. people shouldnt be alowed to drive heavly modifyed car's on the road. and driver's need alot more education about how to drive their cars.
basicaly, if you still feel that the police are revinue raiser's in blue, have a realy good look at the pictures that oslo60 posted, and ask your self how you would feel if that happend out the front of your house, or how you would feel if it was you in the back seat of that vp, or even the vl, or what you would do with your self if that was your teenage daughter in her boyfriends car. just imagine what the kid's mum and dad must be going threw right now becaus their son/daughter was speeding. then if you can still sit here and tell me that the police are revinue raiser's in blue you should hand in your liccence, it's people like that which cause crashes and people to die
cheers
garth
p.s. you remember as a kid, when you were naughty your parents would take yoru fravourite toy off you if you did something you shouldnt have to teach you a lesson. well a hard fact in life is that it's the only way to get threw to adults that they are braking the law, hit em where it hurt's the most is what my dad would say, straight in the hip pocket. you speed, you pay, you lose money, you loose your liccence, you lose your job, you lose your house, you lose your car, you lose verything. all because you were racing a car down the highway at 230kmph and thought it was a fun thing to do. choose the speed, choose the consiquence
