Ludwig I will try to explain.
You have seen my view driver behavior kills not roads.
Until your every day factory floor is the highway, shared by drivers traveling at speed , you will not know how badly some drive.
During the days the media knew my workplace as *THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH*
Our road was falling to pieces.
Rain saw us running all day, on one mountain road using by hand,up to two semi trailers of col mix to fill holes ten inches deep.
Full signs in place, speed restrictions, flagmen out.
Still cars and trucks DID NOT SEE THE SIGNS!
Claimed they did not exist, even rolled over and slid past the holes on the roof.
Only police on the spot slowed them down.
I as Union delegate put together a safety conference, it turned in to a few, statewide, funded by our country,s biggest construction firms.
We turned it around, by constantly demanding more than lip service from the RTA they remain, UNINTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THOSE WHO WORK FOR THEM,
Blinded by the white wash they use to the real world.
Ludwig, new roads forgive idiots, kill and injure far far less.
And at 110 klm an hour.
Some parts of the Pacific and Bruce are unsafe at 60.
Police if it saves life should be in the open or in hidden family cars life matters.

Belly, better quality roads are certainly a factor.

But to turn the Bruce Highway into the safest possible road, with dual carriageway and concrete barrier down the centre for much of its length and abundant overtaking lanes elsewhere, would be prohibitively expensive. And then you’ve got all the inland highways in Queensland, and the other connecting roads, etc, etc.

To make a real significant improvement to the quality of roads all over the state, let alone the country, would be beyond us in financial terms.

But to improve the quality of driving would not. It would be eminently achievable, if we could just put our minds to it.

Now, roadworks are another place that the rule of law has broken down badly. Not as badly as in overtaking lanes, but close.

You see temporary slow speed limits on the approach to most roadworks zones, out there on the highways and in urban areas. But you will have noticed how poorly these signs are observed by practically all drivers. These legally-binding speed sigs get treated as nothing more than a rough indication to slow down a bit.

I see it all the time – people who are happy to observe the speed limit on the open road and stay behind or in front of me as we cruise along, suddenly behave completely differently when we come to road works.

And then no doubt some irresponsible roadworks site managers compound the situation by putting up signs that are patently to slow for the circumstances in the hope that the traffic will slow down to within 20 or 30kmh of what the signs say!

The driver who desires to observe the signs really does set themselves strongly apart from the majority by going much slower, which engenders tailgating and an increased risk of mishap.

It’s a dog’s breakfast!

The policing regime needs to be very much smartened up in roadworks zones.

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<< Police if it saves life should be in the open or in hidden family cars life matters. >>

Absolutely!

The idea of highly conspicuous police cars is just daft! They should ALL be unmarked so that they blend in with the rest, and so that in the eyes of the wrong-doers practically any vehicle could potentially be the police.

Ludwig all true.
Hope the roads person from my old head office [Newcastle] is still dropping in for a read!
Main roads Bord/DMR/RTA/FRS/Known by yet another silly name today as it plans to destroy the whole thing.
Yes knows your point is good, but intent on contracting out, at higher costs , it never took true action to protect its workers.
Hidden Radar, NSW RTA pays police for holiday radar traps, but not to protect its workers at work sites, works.
A hand gun, on every site, would cost less than one life.
But do not hold your breath.
I am remembering the ;last mate killed at work on the road this morning, proud we [the union] got his name on a bridge but he never went gold mining this long weekend, never forgotten.

So what about randomly placed cameras on civilians vehicles, wheby these devices are installed by the transport dept, at no cost to the owner, then, the owner reports to their local TD where they download the info.

It is totally tamper proof and the recipient gets say a $100 discount on thier rego for thier troubles.

Once the word gets out, all of a sudden anyone can be recording what's goimg on.

Gotta be worth a try don't you think.

Well yes I do.
I think hasbeen and I are both petrol heads from his comments.
Not likely to speed in my current 4x4 unless it falls out of a plane.
But far too many who speed, can not drive.
I have stopped folk driving south in the north bound lane, of 4 lane divided road.
Seen the terrified look on the face of a driver out of control on wet road.
While, for legal reasons, it may be better to hide cameras in roadside trees, if your plan is legal use it.
PS driving a susuki Jimny fun car but slow.