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How shameful and disgraceful of the NRMA, with the support of the Shadow Minister for Central Coast, David Harris, and Shadow Minister for Road, John Graham, to take the position they have on the removal of warning signs for mobile speed cameras, especially when heading into the holiday Christmas season with increased movement on our roads. (Chronicle p15 Dec 2 “Warning signs to be removed”)
This amounts to condoning the anti-social behaviour on our roads of speeding and tailgaiting.
To this observer, these behaviours are far more common than not and further measures need to be implemented such as education for drivers to prevent road deaths.
It is a well known fact that the warning signs do draw attention to drivers to slow down on approach to a mobile speed camera, however once passed, drivers tend to again increase their speed in excess of the stated speed limit.
This does not seem to be educating drivers, as claimed by the NRMA and the Shadow Ministers.
The speed limit is the speed limit – it is what it is.
The NRMA and the Shadow Minister just need to suck it up and not undermine the road safety strategy.
Email, Dec 3
Ian Ogston, Chain Valley Bay