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2006 NEWS
May 19, 2006 [LATEST UPDATE]
From: The West Australian
State driving normal motorists off road
It’s time someone spoke out on behalf of car drivers – the 95 per cent-plus of everyday, normal, ordinary drivers who use their vehicles for a variety of legitimate purposes. Such people drive with varying degrees of skill and are unlikely ever to be involved in a serious accident of any kind.
May
10, 2006 [LATEST
UPDATE]
From: The West Australian
Police
defend accuracy of speed camera
Acting Deputy Police Commisioner John McRoberts leapt to the defence
of Multanova speed cameras in the strongest possible terms yesterday,
saying he had "absolute confidence" in the accuracy of the
devices.
May
09, 2006 [LATEST
UPDATE]
From: The West Australian
Doubt
cast on speed readings
Up to one in eight speed camera readings could be inacurate because
of weather conditions such as rain or wind, a leading automotive engineer
claimed yesterday.
May
08, 2006
Press Release
The
accuracy of Multanova Speed Camera is put to the test
Press release from Australian Drivers Right ASsociation (features
on Today Tonight program). ADRA's position on the accuracy of Multanova
speed cameras.
May
08, 2006
From: The West Australian
Big
increases in speeding fines unwarranted hit on motorists
Responsible motorists have good reason to be outraged at the STate
Government's decision to double and treble speeding fines in the name
of improving road safety.
May
06, 2006
From: The West Australian
New
road penalties to rake in $20m
The STate Government will rake in an extra $20 million a year from
tough new traffic fines it officially announced yesterday.
May
05, 2006
From: The West Australian
Speeding
fines to treble, extra demerits in traffic shakeup
Some speeding fines are to treble and drivers guilty of other offences
will be hit with increased demerit points in a shake-up of traffic
penalties to be announced by the STate Government as early as this
weekend.
April
08, 2006
From: Sunday Mail
Queensland
speeding penalties to increase
Queensland motorists caught repeatedly exceeding the speed limit by
more than 20kmh will lose double demerit points.
April
05, 2006
From: The West Australian
In
Short
In September 2002 it was alleged my speed was 72kmh and I received
a fine for $100 and one demerit point.
April
04, 2006
From: The West Australian
Give
drivers 10kmh grace for Multanovas
Drivers should be given up to 10kmh grace because of accuracy problems
with police speed cameras, a former CSIRO scientist and WA Liberal
MP Dennis Jensen said yesterday.
April
03, 2006
From: The West Australian
Opposition
guns for Multanovas
The Opposition has called for changes to speed camera use after police
admitted that Multanovas can return false figures when measuring the
speed of a car changing lanes. Opposition road safety spokesman John
McGrath said it was unacceptable for Multanovas to return false readings.
April
01, 2006
From: The West Australian
Multanovas
are wrong by 15kmh: scientists
Serious questions have been raised about the accuracy of Multanovas
after a world-renowned radar expert claimed the machines could be
out by up to 15kmh if speeds are measured while drivers are changing
lanes.
March
16, 2006
From: The West Australian
Letters
from the public in response to the new speed limit
March
14, 2006
Press Release
In
response to the WA office of Road Safety's proposal to limit the speed
to 30kph
ADRA supports practical, effective and fair measures that contribute
to real road safety improvements. In a city the size of Perth and
a state the size of WA these proposed limits are totally impractical.
It would just frustrate drivers and raise millions more in speeding
fines.
February
28, 2006
From: The West Australian
Many
young drivers use the phone, plant the foot: Survey
Almost half of young drivers regularly speak on mobile phones and
send text messages while behind the wheel, and about a quarter have
driven at more than 140kmh, a survey shows.
February
26, 2006
From: The Sunday Times
School
camera on cars
Speed cameras will be mounted at school crossing throughout the state
as part of a radical new plan to protect children.
February
22, 2006
From: The West Australian
Car
loss plan for repeat drink-drivers
Repeat drink-drivers could have their vehicle immobilised in the driveway
of their home or lose their car altogether under a radical plan to
be put to the State Government.
February
18, 2006
From: The West Australian
RAC
wants to know just what's driving us to distraction
Applying make-up, brushing hair, gazing at scantily clad females on
billboards and drinking hot coffee from drive-through beverage outlets
are some of the modern distractions reported by motorists responding
to an RAC survey on driver concentration – and these are just
the ones people have owned up to.
February
14, 2006
From: Motor Magazine
Letter
of the month winner!
I returned recently from a short stay in Europe, where you can travel
on a motorway at a comfortable 180km/h and not see one accident. I’ve
just completed a road trip back home and it was the most painful trip
ever.
January
27, 2006
From: The West Australian
Near
tragedy spurs school traffic pleas
Parents and teachers at Kelmscott Primary School want the State Government
to act immediately to ensure the safety of children near their school
after a boy was knocked off his bicycle by a speeding motorist at
an intersection.
January
26, 2006
From: The West Australian
And
they call this a freeway?
Inconsistent and changing speed limits are frustrating drivers and
creating safety fears among rail workers.
January
24, 2006
From: The West Australian
Road
toll worst for 10 years
Motorists have recorded the worst road toll start to a year in a decade
– which police attribute to driver behaviour.
January
18, 2006
From: The West Australian
Please
explain
Does Grant Dorrington (Stop killing yourself plea to bush drivers,
9/1) really know why young adults in the country are over-represented
in road crash statistics? We in the country have a pretty fair idea,
especially when it comes to the lack of initial driver training.
January
13, 2006
From: The West Australian
Road
spy to drop RBT alert
Random breath test locations will be removed from a controversial
new SMS scheme after police and motoring groups condemned it as dangerous.
January
12, 2006
From: The West Australian
SMS
alert to warn drivers or RBT sites
A new SMS service which alerts WA motorists to random test location,
speed traps and traffic hazards using “spies” could be
on offer within months.
