4wd schools ban

Well we are flogged on that one

The best idea is not to follow the link (sorry stan nothing personal) . the SMH doesnt care, every day they have polls - so that people who care will go and vote. In doing so you increase their page hits, thus increase their advertising attractiveness. eRgo they make money.
They know that forums and the like spread the word and get those who care to vote No - its exactly what the marketing department wants.

Better off being beaten 1000000 to 0 - it wont make any difference and its 1000000 less people that will visit their sites. I mean if they really cared do you think they would advertise 4wds in their classifieds

here we go again go and get your tape measure and see if the commodore wagan is the same length as your 4x4 my jero is shorter that one and 9 time out of 10 it's the nut behind the wheel ... Sure i can sell the jero and buy a tarago it's big than a commodore wagon so who is going win here ?????? i will never stop driving a 4wd ?? cheers chris

Ban 4WD around schools?

Yes, agree with coroner's 200m zone - 61%

I'd say its going to stick this time.

Just watched the report on channel 9 I couldn’t believe how many car’s were around the school dropping kid’s off. When I was younger we would walk or ride to school most of the time (Primary school). The only time we got dropped off or picked up was if it was raining. Or had after school sport/ commitment’s when in High school. (I am not that old).

I like how they said they were like driving a truck around, now anybody who has driven a truck knows that when you jump back into your 4wd it feels like driving a spots car.

“Urbane assault vehicle, real weapon of mass destruction” what a Dic* head Can see he has never been anywhere out of the metro area probably doesn’t even know what a gravel road or a kangaroo looks like or what country he is living in the reason most of us buy teas vehicle’s is because we have a legitimate use for them. I am glad to see they had the 4WD monthly guy on there to.

If you a going to ban one vehicle on school grounds ban them all

Baaaaaah!!

It's about time Pat Callihan got his mug on the screen a bit more.

Must be hard though with old 'Harold Scrubmeby' taking the limelight. Media always love the fanatics over reality.

Can u imagne the backlash if this all causes regulation of some kind. Will we get off our backsides then?

I guess I just can't go to work anymore!!! My wife and I are both teachers.

In all the schools we have worked at, 20-25% of teachers drive 4WDs, usually the larger ones! How will this proposal affect what is likely to be 1000s of 4WD loving teachers???

What are they going to do with the school buses? Surely they must have a larger blind spot than a 4WD.I would like to watch them try to enforce this law , maybee tie a few more police up doing this , meaning a few less chasing drug dealers and peodophiles

around my daughter's school it's chaos, the poor driving has nothing to do with the type of vehicle being driven, but the impatience of the mothers [and it's mainly mother's who pick and drop off] I have taken to parking in a dead end street and walking the rest of the way because I don't want to be driven into, or backed into. Poor visibilty is certainly an issue, esp when the driver is yapping to the child next to her instead of watching what she's doing, and I've seen this countless of times.

Impatience and awareness, that's the key, not the type of vehicle, but I doubt that argument would hold water.

Lyn

When another child is run over and the driver is driving a delivery van which also has poor vision will we then ban these and so on. I agree it is a very serious problem that needs to be addressed immediately but consider this - people reverse everyday into things in shopping centre carparks. If there is to be a ban, ban the people not the vehicles.

John

I don't know if this has already been said, but this will never come in as the highest number of registered 4WD per population in this country is Mosman and that is also a very wealth area and there is no way the bridge and tennis playing set will walk 10 meters let alone 200mtrs to drop of their kids, therefore the money people will stop it.

I don't know if this has already been said, but this will never come in as the highest number of registered 4WD per population in this country is Mosman and that is also a very wealth area and there is no way the bridge and tennis playing set will walk 10 meters let alone 200mtrs to drop off their kids, therefore the money people will stop it.

Ban cars in carparks. Can you think of anywhere more dangerous than in a carpark with mum and the kids wandering about tryng to remember where they put the car. The blind spots in underground carparks especially when they are half lit are worse than the blind spots in cars. I have a friend with a Toyota sillycar and you cannot see anything 6 metres around the rear and 4 metres around the front. Ban them!!!! Ever driven a truck? Blind spots everywhere. Ban them!!! The problem is not the vehicle it is the driver. As long as you know where your blind spots are drive to them accordingly. Mind you, if you are a parent with a kid and you are in a carpark where there happen to be cars, then hold onto the kids hand. It does not matter if it is a school carpark or public carpark it is a dangerous place, kids do not think of danger and they are at greater danger in that I understand kids do not have periferal vision. They see even less than we do. I note a number of fools driving around carparks like they are a race track.
My heart goes out to the family of the little girl killed. I hope I never have to feel the pain they have. I hope all parents and car drivers learn a lesson from the incident.
The rubbish put out by the coroner however does not help in parent and driver education. To put the women driver off the road for 3 years for negligent driving and then seemingly absolve her of responsibily by blaming the vehicle is illogical. Thank goodness Michael Costa, the Tranport Minister has some common sense.