Comments on: Decommissioned cars, fake police combat NSW speeding

By: t

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:24:27 +0000

ah….. how did the cops make any $ from this operation, all they have acheived here is slowing people down and saving lives.

but no money!!

ah…. hang on!

By: Tinman

Tinman — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:29:03 +0000

Q:What’s the difference between a decommissioned police vehicle and the nsw state government.
A:The decommissioned police vehicle is still useful.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:17:26 +0000

Running NSW is their day job, this stint at Goulburn was overtime

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:14:34 +0000

@ Falcodore: I know the school zone you are talking about, I go through on the way to Coffs and have nearly had an accident when the person in front of me (who mustn’t have been paying attention) suddenly jammed on the brakes – despite it being during school holidays. Its a joke. Surely parents are not dropping their kids off on the northbound side of the highway and expecting them to cross?!?!?!

One time when I have a passenger I’m going to get them to count the number of speed zone changes between Newcastle and Coffs, its stupid. Indeed common sense isn’t that common.

By: DGS

DGS — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:29:00 +0000

Speeding gets you a fine.

Failing to stop, Dangerous driving and what ever else the Carollas onboard camera captures will get you a house call later if you are able to give the police car the slip.

By: Safety First

Safety First — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:52:57 +0000

No Drama’s Falc’ if you want a good laugh, the HP up here (north Brisbane) has a Black VR-X lancer sedan that they have been using to the point that everyone knows which black VR-X Lancer is their and which ones belong to the public…

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:24:14 +0000

Formal qualifications doesn’t equal common sense and thats what these often faceless, nameless bureacrats lack. The amount of different speed limits they have for roads that dont change is ridiculous!

There’s a good examle of their stupidity at Clybucca Flats just north of Kempsey. There’s a school zone on the Pacific Hwy. First there is the ‘school zone ahead’ sign, then a short distance after that your in the school zone, which means you have to go from 100 to 40 in a very short distance. And if you miss the first sign and dont realize the traffic in front has slowed down to a crawl then the potential for disaster is huge!

Now anyone with an ounce of COMMON SENSE would realize this but apparently not one of those educated idiots see a problem with it.

By: Yonny

Yonny — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:56:56 +0000

Laurie, I voiced my opinion, that is all. Obviously my opinion is worth far less than the considered conclusion of an RTA road engineer – and I am fully aware of this.

Nevertheless, you don’t have to have a degree in road engineering to have an opinion about the roads you travel on frequently.

I was thinking specifically of a few roads I am aware of, where the road has undergone significant upgrading, yet, when reopened, the road carries a lower speed limit. When traffic volumes haven’t changed, and the RTA’s own assessment of the road hasn’t changed, and the road is not considered to be a black spot (and all of this info is freely available on the net) then you have to wonder what the reason was behind the speed limit change.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:15:54 +0000

Not putting words into your mouth just stating the obvious…

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:14:38 +0000

So the speed you think the roads conditions are suitable are better informed than those formulated by the RTA Yonny? just curious as to how your thoughts are better than someones who is paid to formulate such descisions based upon actual data and having formal qualifications to interprete such data