Call to lower speed limits to reduce Koala deaths

[Russ]

Originally Posted by 69XWGT

I live in Redland city(only called a city so the councillors could get paid more)
that goes absolutely stupid over Koalas.
They have flashing lights on the side of the road

Wouldn't it be better and more effective if they fitted flashing lights to the Koala's

[sanchoXB]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

The only possible way would be to fence large areas of the road where they live and put tunnels under the road (as has been done in other areas).

But of course this costs MONEY... and its just easier to lower the speed limit.

Personally it think the above comment is the answer, not only for koalas but all wildlife. Roads where possible should be fenced and also seperate the lanes to stop head on collisions. As for the money side of it, the $45 million wasted on fibre optic broadband would go a long way towards road works and also create jobs.

[ebxr8240]

I hear they want speed limits lowered in N.Z to protect the Wallabies...Lol.

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by Angeldust

the bigger problem was/is land clearing for estates.

Yes, having just returned from Brisbane, come back and talk to me about lower speed limits in certain areas for koalas when you stop flattening hundreds of square kilometers of virgin bushland to make more and more housing estates to the north of the city...

[buggo]

Originally Posted by stang65

They really should learn to look both ways before they cross the road.

Haha that reminded me of the Carl Baron skit talking about Koala crossings. Skip to 2 mins.

On topic but, as much as I hate seeing an injured animal on the road. I don't think that lowering limits is reasonable.
Have they factored in the extra fatigue people will suffer from by going drearily slow. Is the life of a koala equivelent of the health/ life of a person?