Escaping traffic infringement

rrobor, you need to do some further reaserch

Well rrobor I'd say you were lucky. When I was young I was booked many times for speeding while not speeding(always at the end of the month). Once I was followed from Carlton to North Coburg and eventually they pulled me up and said I was doing 80 kph I said no I wasn't I'd be stupid to be speeding seeing you've been following me since Carlton. They seemed surprised seeing they all ways stopped 3 or 4 cars behind me at lights. He then only booked be for the lowest but I was told to pay it as there were 2 of them and 1 of me. I stopped driving after the 28th of the month and then I was told my problem by my girl friend I used to look at them nerviously expecting to be booked for nothing. After that I ignored them and they go away and pick on somebody else. Since then only been booked twice in the next 25 years both being my fault.

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Originally Posted by damian

2. Tie wage increases and indeed jobs among traffic and road design engineers to outcomes
No doubt someone will point out the errors of my thinking :)

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As a road designer I don't think I should be held responsible for people driving inappropriately. All we can do is follow the rules set by the state traffic authority and any other relevant standards.
Safety is a large concern for us. We don't want people dying on roads or anything else we designed.

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Originally Posted by Gingermick

As a road designer I don't think I should be held responsible for people driving inappropriately. All we can do is follow the rules set by the state traffic authority and any other relevant standards.
Safety is a large concern for us. We don't want people dying on roads or anything else we designed.

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Well said. In WA, a high percentage of smashes resulting in trauma involve a single vehicle on country roads, often on straight stretches. None of them were driving slow at the time.

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Originally Posted by damian

3. Adjust the traffic act so the points system stays, but rather than paying a fine you have to attend within a set period an approved course by an approved provider and pay a fee for same equivalent to the fine. You nullify the revenue argument, you add inconvenience to the penalty, you compell wayward drivers to take training without penalising drivers who may not need it.

No doubt someone will point out the errors of my thinking :)

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Yes Ill start. Driver training should happen BEFORE you get into a car not after youve had your first accident.

Driver attitude also needs to be addressed....to some degree this comes under education but to a larger degree you can look at parenting and changes in what society views as acceptable/unacceptable behaviour. Don't know how you'd deal with the latter....

I would be interested China as to what research. I was a pro driver I did about 350km a day in city traffic for 24 years, On average I got some infringement notice every second year and I had 5 accidents, 2 my fault.

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Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Don't know how you'd deal with the latter....

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totalitarianism :oo: