Government has gone mad!!!!

[sleekism]

Has anybody else noticed the growing number of "traffic calming" devices popping up on our roads???

In Grafton they have destroyed the main street!! Anybody not familiar with Grafton there is an awesome main street with 4 lanes, parking in the middle and angle parking on the sides. Last time I visited they have put concrete deflection devices at random intervals merging two lanes of traffic into one lane.

The same in Armidale where they have annoying little roundabouts and concrete chicanes freaking everyehere.

The reason given in Grafton was that Sophie kid who was run over by an old bloke so now they have decided that everybody is going too fast.

Am I missing something here?? Isn't the problem an old bloke who can't drive not people going to fast?? Reading the latest Open Road the NRMA are very happy that they have stopped new restrictions on older drivers. If only they were so eager to campaign for p plate drivers.

I also wonder how slowing traffic is good for the environment.

Ok rant off and flame suit on.

Go the blues!!!

[Dezza]

I laugh on the freeway that they now have these concrete bollards all along the emergency lane, except for a select few "break-down zones". It would be convenient if the car chose one of those zones to break down in, rather than break down between them!

[gz1]

Originally Posted by sleekism

Has anybody else noticed the growing number of "traffic calming" devices popping up on our roads???

I think you will find the problem is local councils, not the government in general.
and to answer your question, no they haven't gone mad they were mad to begin with. Get those that are not qualified to do anything to run a place and this is what you end up with.

[Fev]

could someone enlighten me to those qualifications? because common sense certainly isnt compulsory

[mcflux]

So tell me, do you drive slower down your streets in Grafton/Armidale now?

If so, then they're obviously working.

I'm not following the environmental bit though

[sleekism]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

So tell me, do you drive slower down your streets in Grafton/Armidale now?

If so, then they're obviously working.

I'm not following the environmental bit though

Are you kidding I saw a VL Turbo and SS Commo screaming up the main street the other day. It's kind of a race to see who can merge first now.

I drive faster now just because they put these in. In the XE I just drive over the top of them lol

[mcflux]

Well good for the VLT & SS owners then

You drive faster as a form of protest? OK...

[gz1]

Originally Posted by Fev

could someone enlighten me to those qualifications? because common sense certainly isn't compulsory

Actually I really think that common sense, even a trace of it, disqualifies you from holding a local council position. Even if it didn't anyone with common sense would not want to.

[uranium_death]

Government gone mad...what else is new?

[nugget378]

Same thing is happening in my area,I dunno about up that way,but here the more they put in the more "work" a few select companies get...Its corrupt as,but proving it is another matter.

[1970XW351]

here abouts we have a similar problem creeping in... Easiest solution?... Buy an XW and just muscle your way through... concrete anything... BAH, drive over or through it it... merging traffic... same solution

[Jayden]

They did all the new roundabouts, bike lanes, concrete islands, curb parking bays etc in my old neighborhood before I had a license. I couldnt see the point, if someones not paying attention then it seems like theres just 300 percent more chance of hitting something. And they removed a whole lane for parking making the street pretty narrow and inconvenient for buses which tend to drive over everything to get past. road toll went from 0 to 0 as far as I know.