4wd poll Sydney Morning Herald

Why the hell did she buy it if she didn’t feel confident driving it? If you get all scared and nerves driving your own car down the road how are you meant to concentrate on what is going on around you.


Aren’t CRV's renowned for bad rear visibility anyway

What about the bloke in the white 2wd (didn't catch what make) giving his 2 cents worth out the window of his car while rolling up the road, yes he would glance back every so often but in my experience around schools you have to stay focused ALL the time not every so often, it was a perfect demonstration of how accidents happen around schools.

So you ban 4wds from schools (no unnecessary cars should be in school grounds anyway) but what happens when the school is on a main road - do you have to divert off that road and use the backstreets to prevent being within 200m from a school!

Yes Wombat...not a good statement at all
Regards
Joe

Hmmm. They seemed to have missed an opportunity there.

Instead of arguing against, which they will never win, take away the argument by saying:

We absolutely support no VEHICLES in school grounds where there are children. This child was killed by a VEHICLE ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS, not on the road or designated drop off zone. We don't know why 4wd's have been singled out when any vehicle could cause such a tragedy.

But I suppose that would be seen as giving in.

I agree too Wombat. I'm a parent and that statement in the e-mail makes MY stomach turn. I don't know why they continue to fuel that us and them argument. Defuse it. 4wd owners and drivers are just like everyone else. ANY vehicle is dangerous if allowed to drive on school grounds when kids are running about. Why simply ban 4wds, when the next tragedy could be a Suburu Outback.

Anyway, just my opinion as usual.

Yes exactly - what hope have we got with that attitude.

As soon as I read it I realised we were in trouble.

Hi guy's
I haven't herd much about this other than some poor little kid got hit ( or what ever ) while in a school yard, but what i do know is, i do the maintanence at a school and from time to time i get caught leaving the grounds during reccess, lunch or even when they're going home.
Sometimes i'm in the 4wd but most of the time i'm in the ute 2wd old as the hills. Visability is realy no different except to the rear.
Common sense has told me that
1/ I never park where i have to reverse out.
2/ I never go faster than approx 5 k's per hour or idle speed.
3/ Every tree or bush that i can not see behind is a stop sign, or forward movement is reduced to a near stall.
Without going into great depth of some of the stupid (childish) things that some of the kids do, It really doesn't matter what sort of vehicle you're in, if great care is not under taken by the driver, someone is sure to get hurt. So many times notices have gone out to all the parents at our school and the pupils themselves have been told to use the school xing when leaving school and not to x the road where the parents are waiting as it is all 45 angle parking which means every car has to reverse out. Pupils even the parents dont heed these warnings. Not knowing the circumstances of the accident, but since the introduction of the motor vehicle how many pupils have been hit at schools, how many were by cars / 4wd / bus / or even the old horse and cart from the so called good old days. These people who report these storys are just after that, a story they dont know how to think and their always wanting to put the blame onto something else other than the person/people who caused the accident. Yes they do need to protect the careless from the careless so i reckon they should find the careless and ban them.
Vehicles dont hurt or kill, it's like eveything it's usually the operator.
Sorry about the long reply
steve w.