WA Drivers lack basic skills
WA licence requirements do not equip drivers with the skills to avoid
simple accidents, say the WA Motor Trade Association.
September 29, 2005
From: Unknown
What does it mean to drop 5kph
My inbox often has great emails which command attention... One arrived
recently from Mark Pearson a great Maverick Spirit supporter from
Ballart and I reproduce it as I received it:
September 19, 2005
From: London News Online
Inside
out - Laser camera errors
Most motorists have a story to tell about getting a speeding fine.
Every year across England and Wales over one and a half million people
were convicted by speed cameras.
August 25, 2005
From: Herald Sun
Victorian
speed camera bungle
Victoria Police will be forced to withdraw hundreds of fines after
an embarrassing speed camera bungle.
August
16, 2005
From: The Australian
Satellites
set to track carjackers
Sydney's spate of seven carjackings in two weeks has prompted Mercedes-Benz
to examine bringing its satellite-based tracking system to Australia.
August 10, 2005
From: Daily Telegraph
All
speed camera fines in doubt
Every fine issued by speed cameras could be invalid, after the Roads
and Traffic Authority admitted yesterday it could not prove the authenticity
of the pictures they take.
August
04, 2005
From: Online News
Radar bans under
attack
VICTORIAN drivers have been banned from the road because of wrongly
issued speeding fines, says a former speed camera operator.
August
04, 2005
From: Online News
Secrets of speed
cameras revealed
MOBILE speed camera readings can be distorted by metal signs, fences,
walls and even Australia Post letter boxes, according to a secret
police document.
July
05, 2005
From: ABC News Online
Opposition says
speed camera costs too high
The Western Australian Opposition says WA police will be forced to
take officers off the streets to pay the operating costs of extra
speed cameras.
June
28, 2005
From: Correspondents in Rio de Janeiro (Reuters)
Speed limits
banned to keep drivers alive
RIO de Janeiro legislators have voted to end enforcement of speed
limits in parts of the crime-plagued city at night to try to cut down
on attacks on slow-moving cars.
