Archives for: "December 2004, 11"

December 11th, 2004
What do you do when you find yourself in the middle of a school zone? Does your heart skip a beat? Do you say “Oh dear” or worse and frantically look at your watch and speedo? Did you ignore the warning signs? You didn’t see them? Is it because there… more »

P Plate Driver Crisis

December 11th, 2004
To help ”Stop the carnage!“ I would suggest that we should triple the number of highway patrol cars, and make all the new cars " UNMARKED" Have you ever seen a "P" plater [or any other driver, for that matter] hoon past a marked police car? Marked… more »

Solar power for school zone flashing lights WHY?

December 11th, 2004
TO GET BACK TO THE MAIN PAGE CLICK ON SANTA AT TOP OF PAGE. The flashing lights that are installed at schools now on a trial basis [the ones I’ve seen] have solar power. It is very expensive to install solar power units and with the ongoing cost of… more »

Are speed cameras accurate?

December 11th, 2004
TO GET BACK TO MAIN PAGE CLICK ON SANTA AT TOP OF PAGE. ARE SPEED CAMERAS ACCURATE? Yes the RTA said, because they are “state of the art”. Mr Carr when asked if he would take a lie detector test over the Orange Grove affair said yes, but “I’d want… more »

Differing speed zones

December 11th, 2004
TO GET BACK TO MAIN PAGE CLICK ON SANTA AT TOP OF PAGE (110)(100)(90)(80)(70)(60)(50)(40)(10)(variable) What Next? A man in front of the car waving a white flag? Where is the common sense in 10 different speed zones? Do you always know what the speed… more »

Is there Corporate Responsibility in Advertising?

December 11th, 2004
TO GET BACK TO MAIN PAGE CLICK ON SANTA AT TOP OF PAGE. The advertising industry has a ?code of standards?. What is it? I think it is to charge a lot of money to show how to target a market to sell your product, even if the method used is… more »