Road Safety
in crisis - Road Safety Report 2007
*Latest update*
Today we are facing a crisis in Western Australia in the management
and implementation of Road Safety policy. This crisis extends
to the reporting, analysis, policy formation, implementation,
enforcement and effectiveness of our Road Safety system. Read
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Our policy
on an independent review of Road Safety
With an increase in both speeding fines and the number of speed
cameras in WA and the reduction of speed limits, the death toll
is on the increase and one of the worst for years. Read
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Speeding
*Latest update*
Speed in excess of limits or the prevailing conditions is a major
factor in road crashes, contributing to around one third of all
fatal crashes in Western Australia. Read
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Non-Use of Seat Belts and Other Restraints
*Latest update*
Failure to wear seat belts and other restraints contributes to
serious injury and death in road crashes. Read
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Miscellaneous Traffic Offences
*Latest update*
The penalties for a range of traffic offences have been assessed
on the basis of risk or parity with similar offences.Read
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Speed cameras:
Should they be used in Queensland?
Speed cameras have the potential to reduce accidents. They have
distinct advantages over slant radar on busy roads and over guns
in less heavily trafficked areas. Read
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The
study of the use of radar detectors in Western Australia
The banning of Radar Detectors is, and should be a thing of
the past Read
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Road
fatalities Australia
Fatalities by road user and year: State and Territory Read
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Effective
speeds:
Car costs are slowing us down Read
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Legal
arguement against speed camera fine
To prove that police speed detection devices are not uniformly
pattern approved Read
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MORI
radar detector survey summary report
Research study conducted for drivers' technology association
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Radar
ban repealed
Connecticut's name will be removed from the list of states which
prohibit radar detector use Read
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Are
radar detectors "burglars's tools"?
Some Opponents of
radar detectors have declared: "We don't allow people to
own burglar's tools, and we shouldn't allow them to use radar
detectors, either. The only purpose of detectors is to break
the law"
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Virginia
on drone radar
Study of "effective of unmanned radar - a speed control
technique in freeway work zones" Read
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Speed
enforcement in Australasia
Practice - performance measures - outcome measures Read
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Speed traps
Saving lives or raising revenue? Read
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SWS
Safety Warning System (SWS) is now being used on WA roads Read
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Active
speed camera locations
Victoria speed camera locations Read
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ADRA report
Regional Western Australia and the Safety Warning System Read
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Road safety
in the workplace: A road safety manual for all employers
Seven steps to safer use of company cars and light vehicles Read
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Letter
from ADRA to Office of Road Safety in the area of Safety Warning
Systems Read
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Letter
from ADRA to the WA Police Head Quarter on Safety Warning Systems
and Radar Detectors
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Letter
from Minister of Consumer and Employment Protection in the area
of Safety Warning System to be installed in WA Read
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Letter
from Minister of Consumer and Employment Protection on Workplace
Safety Read
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Letter
from Minister for Health concerning WA Ambulance Safety Warning
Systems
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| WA government's
position on the Driver Warning System (released Jan 2005)
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| WA opposition's
position on the Driver Warning System (released Jan 2005)
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| Letter
from ADRA to WA Police Minister updating developments in the areaof
Safety Warning Systems
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