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Mike Bradberry
Goo Roo
Queensland
V8 UnLimited

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Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 05:13 pm, by:  Mike Bradberry (Halflife) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The existing speed advisory, and other roadside signs don't seem to be working so I believe I have an idea which just might work.
How about just one sign to replace all others? It would simply say 'EGO KILLS'.
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual

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Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 05:40 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That is sensible, so I will suggest an alternative :-)

How about, "Die Sooner!"
Luke Barnes
TryHard
Queensland
GT Limited V8 UZZ31

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Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 07:43 pm, by:  Luke Barnes (Noddy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Could use the existing road signs for Jenny Craig..

"Every Kg Over is a Killer"

on the speed issue though, wouldn't you be better off david, saying something along the lines of "Hurry up and die?"
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual

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Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 08:34 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes, that would be better, although technically it is better grammar (and more pointed) to say "Hurry up to die."
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
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Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 08:55 pm, by:  Tim Ross (Retox) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Or better yet... "if you're reading this, perhaps you should be watching the road"
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 06:42 am, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The ACT government has put up a sign saying "Drive N text U B next" which is a handy distraction on a well-trafficked 100 Km/H road. Besides, they have a couple of "e"s too many.
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:16 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Latest tactic here is large billboards of realistic crash test dummies in graphic accident poses. Though I think it's actually a seat belt add not a speed one. They are very bad taste in any case.

Mayebe "speeding, the voluntary tax." would work better in the current economic climate?
Luke Barnes
TryHard
Queensland
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:33 am, by:  Luke Barnes (Noddy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That would work! The tax you can pay without it being tax time!
I'm not game enough to add up how much i've paid in fines throughout my driving history.. considering my p's were spent on 1 point or a probationary lisence..

Pay the politicans wages by speed
Ben Kelly
DieHard
Wentworthville
v8

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Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 10:57 pm, by:  Ben Kelly (Ace) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the way govt advertising campaigns are going i wouldnt be surprised to see billboards of actual accident scenes along with crying widows/mothers. this sort of stuff is very limited in its usefulness. perhaps something like free rego or a large rebate where no points are lost over the year? since the states are broke or at least nsw is, it would have to be federally funded.
Ben Daniel
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31 & JZA80

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Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 11:56 pm, by:  Ben Daniel (Lexustt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT"

Sorry, couldn't help myself :-)
Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
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Monday, February 23, 2009 - 01:00 am, by:  Tim Ross (Retox) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"the money spent on this sign could have fixed that pothole you just drove over.... but we dont care"
Keenan Edinger
TryHard
WA
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Monday, February 23, 2009 - 03:14 pm, by:  Keenan Edinger (Keenan585) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So true Tim!! All the money they put into their bloody govnt advertising they could have spent on upgrading the actual roads themselves, proper effective driving education for new/learner drivers and putting more cops out on the roads to get the idiots off them.........
Carlo Cervo
Tinkerer
ACT
JZZ30 TT

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Monday, February 23, 2009 - 03:36 pm, by:  Carlo Cervo (Chomp) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hmmmmmmmmm
Stuart Geldard
Newbie
Queensland
Soarer V8

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Monday, February 23, 2009 - 03:45 pm, by:  Stuart Geldard (Stewyg86) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ahh, but it's all about politics, not actual road safety on it's own. They have to be seen by the general public to be doing something. It's all well and good fixing up the roads to make them safer, but average Jack and Jill probably won't even notice this. It also helps to have a single factor on which to focus eg speed, when most of the people I deal with in the Emergency Services say it's hardly ever speed alone. Alot of the time it is poor road conditions. My two cents
Mike Bradberry
Goo Roo
Queensland
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Monday, February 23, 2009 - 04:26 pm, by:  Mike Bradberry (Halflife) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Poor road conditions my arse!
You have to ask yourself, what manner are these people driving in these 'road conditions'. Give me a break.
Ben Kelly
DieHard
Wentworthville
v8

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 08:34 pm, by:  Ben Kelly (Ace) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i agree mike. i dunno why people always go on about roads in europe and how they good they are etc. i mean unless they are made of bloody blu-tak i really cant see there would be too much difference. most roads around the world from my (albeit small) experience are not too different from australia. some people just drive like dicks. maybe better than having more extreme policing measures there should be a push toward safer cars? things may change as smaller more economical and electrical cars become more popular.
Ryan Posselt
TryHard
NSW
Celsior V8

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 08:39 am, by:  Ryan Posselt (Yakusaryan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hmmmm all very interesting, other countries do have better roads definatelty BUT we also have a country with a road network substatially larger than most.

I race Karts wich I'll admit is not a car but it still teaches you a thing or two about driving in the real world.

1. If you manage to have a single vehicle accident on public roads you're and idiot. it is just so hard to push it to the limits on public roads.

2. You're also an idiot if you do push the limits on the road. when entering a corner at maximum braking capacity it is so easy to lock up (yes even with ABS). Snatch the inside tyre and you understeer into the tree on the otherside of the corner, Snatch the rears and you oversteer into the same tree.

Roads are no place for driving, I mean properly driving. If you guys have the urges to race or do stupid stuff, take up motor sport spend the money on motorsport rather than your soarers. Karting costs about $5K a year and about $10K to get into and its a blast.

Just my opinions
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 06:56 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

One difference with roads can be the total structure. Well built roads will stay flat and wear evenly. Cheap and nasty roads start to ripple then the wear chews holes in them.

I noticed this coming back from a recent trip to Apollo Bay and back, the roads on the SA side have ripples and worn badly, then Vic side of the border are in much better and flatter condition.
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 07:21 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There are a couple of components to that (without being a road engineer myself). We often get poor surfaces here. Driving in the old Eastern Europe, we repeatedly found roads where the surface was "fine" except there were deep ruts, especially leading up to traffic lights. In other words, the road base under the bitumen was soft. Some of them were so bad, we drove out of the ruts in case the car bottomed.

Well surfaced and aligned roads do indeed reduce rate of accidents because they remove a variable from the driver. Divided roads are sensationally effective at reducing traffic deaths.

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