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Uncle Meat Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2434 Tasmania Gender:	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #30 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:04pm ... wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 4:43pm: In itself, school zones are a minor annoyance, ... Seriously? Bit of an effort to lift that foot off the accelerator? Let's just make it 40kph everywhere: you won't have to be constantly moving your foot then. We all know how annoying that can be.
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Uncle Meat Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2434 Tasmania Gender:	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #31 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:08pm ... wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 4:45pm: Hmm...that "shocking" statistic seems to be very carefully worded. 16 children killed australia wide - doesn't say anything about where those fatalities occurred. It's getting late in the afternoon, I'm afraid you're going to have to explain to me what you're getting at.
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Reply #32 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:16pm

Uncle Meat wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:08pm:

... wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 4:45pm:

Hmm...that "shocking" statistic seems to be very carefully worded. 16 children killed australia wide - doesn't say anything about where those fatalities occurred.

It's getting late in the afternoon, I'm afraid you're going to have to explain to me what you're getting at. Undecided

Those "16 children killed in pedestrian accidents" could be 17 year olds playing on the freeway.

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Reply #33 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:22pm

Uncle Meat wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:04pm:

... wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 4:43pm:

In itself, school zones are a minor annoyance, ...

Seriously?

Bit of an effort to lift that foot off the accelerator?

Let's just make it 40kph everywhere: you won't have to be constantly moving your foot then. We all know how annoying that can be.

I can put up with minor annoyances when theres a good reason to do so.

But in this case, there aint one.

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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #34 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:46pm NOT a move I'd support. Basically a revenue-raiser. Saving kids has smack-all to do with it, and never did.
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58867 Here Gender:	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #35 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 7:33pm I drive through between 15 and 20 school zones during the enforced time period each day. I could not tell you the last time I actually seen a school student in one of these zones.
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bobbythefap1 Gold Member Offline Posts: 7026 Listen now to the rain	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #36 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 8:55pm Dnarever wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 7:33pm: I drive through between 15 and 20 school zones during the enforced time period each day. I could not tell you the last time I actually seen a school student in one of these zones. They usually get stuck between the wheel and mudflap
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blackadder Gold Member Offline Posts: 1977	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #37 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 8:58pm How many people who don't have school aged children are aware when the first term goes back after 6 weeks of not having to slow down? You didn't give that much thought did you.
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Reply #38 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 9:01pm

bobbythefap1 wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 8:55pm:

Dnarever wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 7:33pm:

I drive through between 15 and 20 school zones during the enforced time period each day.

I could not tell you the last time I actually seen a school student in one of these zones.

They usually get stuck between the wheel and mudflap

They havn't put blue/grey - green/grey speed humps in all school zones?

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barnaby joe Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1992 euchareena	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #39 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 5:54pm school zones are dysgenic.
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corporate_whitey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8896 Archivist	Re: 24/7 school zone fines anyone? Reply #40 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:01pm School zones protect our kids in the outer suburbs from killer drivers...
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Reply #41 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:07pm

Kat wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:46pm:

NOT a move I'd support.

Basically a revenue-raiser.

Saving kids has smack-all to do with it, and never did.

What is it about revenue raising that you don't like?

If you don't break the law, you don't contribute to the revenue.

If you do break the law, you help finance a vital service in your community: Police.

So, what exactly is it that you don't like about revenue raising?

Do you think the Police spend that money on beer? What is it you're objecting to?

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Reply #42 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 7:21pm

Uncle Meat wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:07pm:

Kat wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:46pm:

NOT a move I'd support.

Basically a revenue-raiser.

Saving kids has smack-all to do with it, and never did.

What is it about revenue raising that you don't like?

If you don't break the law, you don't contribute to the revenue.

If you do break the law, you help finance a vital service in your community: Police.

So, what exactly is it that you don't like about revenue raising?

Do you think the Police spend that money on beer? What is it you're objecting to?

My wife got fined $150 for going 51km/h outside a high school at 3:57pm. This high school gets out at about 2;50pm. Funny how it's so shockingly unsafe to do so at 3:57, yet not unsafe at all 3 minutes later, depsite there being the same amount of kids teenagers around - 0.

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Reply #43 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 8:48pm

Uncle Meat wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 5:04pm:

... wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 4:43pm:

In itself, school zones are a minor annoyance, ...

Seriously?

Bit of an effort to lift that foot off the accelerator?

Let's just make it 40kph everywhere: you won't have to be constantly moving your foot then. We all know how annoying that can be.

When i was in primary school the teachers would tell us to look right,look left then look right before crossing the road and no kid from my school was ever hit by a car.

Do you think we could go back to teaching the kids to look before crossing the road, is that too much to ask?

Do you think it is better to teach kids to be responsible or make everyone else look out for them?

It must have been a leftist who imposed this nonsense on us.

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Reply #44 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 10:09am

Baronvonrort wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 8:48pm:

It must have been a leftist who imposed this nonsense on us.

School zones were introduced in 1992. I don't know the exact date, but that would have been when the coalition government of either Nick Greiner or John Fahey was in power. You're not suggesting that they are "leftists" are you?

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