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August
07 , 2007
[LATEST UPDATE]
From: Washington News
Texting
while driving is dangerous but US drivers do it anyway: Poll
Nine out of ten Americans feel that sending text messages from a mobile phone
while driving is as dangerous as drinking and driving, but admit to doing it
anyway, a pool published on Tuesday showed..
June
28 , 2007
From: The Advertiser
South
Australian police told to pull over more cars
Every uniformed South Australian police officer has been told to pull over 20
extra motorists each a year to help make the roads safer.
June
01 , 2007
From: Herald Sun
Outrage
over 'lenient' sentences for killer drivers
Killers drivers are escaping with just three years and two months in jail for
each life they take on Victorian roads. the Herald Sun analysis of 14 culpable
driving cases in the Country Court over the past year reveals that drunk, drugged,
speeding and negligent killer drivers are receiving just a fraction of the maximum
20-year sentence.
May
04, 2007
From: ACA (A Current Affair)
New
speed camera could catch you out
Police in Victoria are unleashing a new speed camera system called
'point to point' ahead of the Easter long weekend. The point to point
system is made up of two speed cameras which both take images of
every passing car and register the vehicle's speed.
Mar
20, 2007
From: The West Australian
Reward
good drivers to cut toll: Liberals
A new gold licence system that will reward drivers who go five years
without picking up any traffic infringements with cheaper licences,
registrations and motor vehicle insurance has been proposed by the
Opposition in an effort to halt the carnage on WA roads.
Mar
13, 2007
From: The West Australian
State
has failed on road toll, says RAC
WA has many of the country’s most dangerous roads, vehicles
and drivers, and the State Government’s four-year road safety
strategy has failed, the RAC claims.
Feb
02, 2007
From: The West Australian
Improving
roads best way to cut toll: RAC
Spending an extra $200 million on improving WA’s dangerous roads
and highways could save 25 lives each year and prevent 430 serious
injuries, the RAC estimates.
Jan
24, 2007
From: The West Australian
Hoon
faces being first to lose car for third strike
A Mt Barker man could become the first person in the State to have
his car confiscated under the thirdstrike provisions of WA’s
tough anti-hoon legislation.
Jan
16, 2007
From: The West Australian
Letter
to editor: Plan to link demerit points to road fatalities
I would like to suggest a change to double demerit points that would
relate them to road fatalities.
Jan
15, 2007
From: The West Australian
Harsh
plan for demerits in toll war
A senior policeman and the Road Safety Council want random periods
of double demerit points as part of an attempt to reduce WA’s
road toll.
Jan
06, 2007
From: AAP
Parents
fudge kids' P-plate hours
Parents are playing Russian roulette with their children's lives by
helping them cheat on supervised driving training, the Road Safety
Council claims.
Jan
06, 2007
From: The West Australian
Motorist's
court win raises speed gun doubts
A motorist has beaten a reckless driving charge after challenging
the accuracy of the reading from a handheld laser speed gun. In Fremantle
Magistrate’s Court yesterday, a police prosecutor accepted the
laser gun had been used outside the manufacturer’s standards
when Mark John Ould, of Samson, was clocked allegedly driving at more
than 125kmh in an 80kmh zone.
Jan
04, 2007
From: The West Australian
Road
toll driven more by haste than speed
I’ve known Grant Dorrington for a fair while through his football
and road safety activities. He was a regular guest on my former radio
program, talking about road safety, and I think it’s fair to
say he often drew a negative response from talkback callers. I generally
defended him.
Jan
03, 2007
From: The West Australian
Letter
to editor: Camera no answers to horror road toll
Well surprise surprise, Grant Dorrington's solution to the mounting
road toll is, wait for it, more speed cameras! Did anyone not see
that coming?
Jan
01, 2007
From: www.dpi.wa.gov.au
Applying
for a Western Australian Driver's licence
Overseas drivers intending to take up permanent residence in WA are
not considered visitors and therefore need to apply for a WA driver's
licence within three months of arrival.
Jan
01, 2007
From: Northern Territory News
NT
changes forever
Today marks the start of a new era for Northern Territory motorists.New
road rules came into play on our roads from midnight last night. And
drivers can no longer put a foot to the floor when driving on NT highways,
with open speed limits now banished.
