Police Wrap - 17 October

cranky said :

In addition to the above can probably be added the meat shredding ability of the wire centre dividers which unfortunately contributed to another fatality just recently.

If these dividers were known to cause such damage, just who adjudged that the cost/benefit ratio was less than the probable damage to life and limb of motorcyclists?

The likelyhood of a motorcyclist surviving a crash at speed when crashing into any road side barrier is fairly minimal, as is the chances of surviving skidding across into oncoming traffic. The higher levels of risks in riding motorcycles are very well known, you take the additional risk when climbing aboard the motorcycle.

cranky said :

In addition to the above can probably be added the meat shredding ability of the wire centre dividers which unfortunately contributed to another fatality just recently.

If these dividers were known to cause such damage, just who adjudged that the cost/benefit ratio was less than the probable damage to life and limb of motorcyclists?

Perhaps all roads should have those protective barriers that they use in MotoGP to protect motorcyclists who fall off.

And that ‘less’hould have been ‘greater’.

In addition to the above can probably be added the meat shredding ability of the wire centre dividers which unfortunately contributed to another fatality just recently.

If these dividers were known to cause such damage, just who adjudged that the cost/benefit ratio was less than the probable damage to life and limb of motorcyclists?

Re the Parkes Way incident.

To his family, I’m sorry.

I hope that the lack of speed, the absence of alcohol, and the time of night cause the Chief Minister to question the ‘speed cameras will reduce our road toll to zero’ mentality he is so keen to push.

He has convened a road safety round table recently on just this subject. This years count seems to range over a variety of causes. Not being able to access Coroners Court records, I cannot list them.

However, speed, medical catastophe, alcohol, suicide, drugs, and plain stupidity seem to figure in the list of causes one can summise from the media reports.

Dear Jon. Have your speed cameras worked?