WA, Is it a joke??

A good way to boost State funds :))))

If you fellas heard the rest of the news, the Premier said "no f@#$%&n way" It was an idea tossed in by the head of the road safety dept "Grant Dorrington" didn't he come from over east originally or play footy for vfl.... must have bin too fast for him. Ric

I can do 40kmh on my deadly treadly on a flat straight, so now I am going to have to slow down or get booked. It's a joke what did you say democracy or dictatorship?

Example of a Government meeting/
Mr Chairman,
because of the speed and red light cameras the motorists are being too careful and we the Government are not collecting enough revenue from fines , has any member of parliment got any brilliant ideas how to get more ,
Yes sireee
I have, lower the speed limits so we'll get a lot more fines for speeding.

Maybe ?????

Therwe is an article about this in the West Australian today---I could not think that they could be serious, but if it is going to happen it will be in W.A. as I still think we are the real police state of Aus.Hopefully everyone here is not completely unrealistic as the next thing we will be hearing is that if we all walk the will be no road accidents.

Don't get you knickers in a twist folks, it'l never happen.Even that clown dorrington doesn't have that much pull.

Well you have to admit the idea is right in principle.. Make our roads safer.. reduce speed limits... True.. but then why not make it 10km/hr everywhere?? that would reduce the road toll to 0 surely???? ironically no one would get anywhere...

They trialled a 30Kph school zone speed limit outside some scholls on Brissy a while back (2004 I think) Ended up scrapping the idea as it was just too slow and there was a huge public backlash against it, so I can't see it ever coming in to general use.
In QLD the suburban limit is 50Kph on unmarked residential streets, 60ks on marked streets.

What is the point of lowering the limit as those who speed will disregard it anyway. Seems if you do the speed limit you must be some sort of social leper.

60 KPH limits here are obviously a guide for those jerks with their "much too powerful for the suburban streets cars or motorcycles and I must have a small appendage so I need to speed every where WA!@#ERS" to keep an eye out.

I've notice the only way to stop them is:

A. They are arrested in the act
B. Are injured in a near death motor vehicle accident generally involving speed
C. They die in a near death motor vehicle accident generally involving speed

I managed to reach 80kph for all of 500 metres this morning on the Mitchell so called Freeway. Can't remember the last time I got to a 100 in the morning or afternoon trip.
Took just under an hour to travel around 20klms at the max.
Thank dawg I normally don't have to go that way to work.
Grant Dorrington wants to go back to red flag days.
It'll never happen because our pollies are only interested in things for which the voting public won't criticise them.
Ignore them all.
A.

Hi All,
Wot a crock of s##t. 30 KPH in cities
Typical Academic solution.(Some Academic trying to justify his salary??)
Taken to extreme is to reduce speed to walking pace complete with red flag

If no one else wants the job,I'll have it.

What Job???????
Walking in front of a motor vehicle frantically waving a red flag, of course

It would be interesting if someone could do an ecomonic research study into the pollution levels produced at 30kph compared with 50-60kph, fuel consumption and wear & tear on gearboxes continually in 2nd or 3rd and so on.

On second thoughts perhaps it is all a dastardly plot to enforce people to use our super efficient (HA,HA) public bus & rail system.
Just the sort of thing Allanah Mc Stuff up would dream up

Thank God I live in the bush

well if they drop the speed limit up go my prices, as it will take longer to get to the jobs so will get fewer jobs done in a day .

I was stuck behind some clown today in Osborne Park doing 30km/hr... they must have heard it on the radio and thought it was being enforced as they spoke.

If anything, it would cause more road rage... No one likes to be stuck behind some prat driving under the limit whilst your on the way to do something. I only had to drive 2km to pick up some goods, and my blood pressure was quickly rising ;o)

These buffoons in their ivory towers have probably never driven a car - let alone have a drivers license. I`m referring to Idiot Dorrington and Mr Screwball in Victoria Speed cameras save lives - who they trying to fool. Think we must be all morons!!!! - come on speed cameras are just that, and then they have a formula which arrives in the post giving you the option to pay up or go to court and the amount of $$$$$ depends on how quick the reflex lens is in the camera. Biggest revenue raising gimmick since the advent of the motor car

Cant see them having a 30Kmh in the Metro area and 90 on the highwys - there would be a mass uprising. The courts would have such a backlog that we would all be dead by the time we were due to front up before the beak . And what if the local off duty copper was nabbed doing 95 on the national highway ??????????. Mass migration to the NT.