Road Toll = Bad?

[GTR-N1]

Did I hear correctly? ie ACT road toll by May this year is worse than for the whole of '09 ???

What's going on ???

[R3sp3ct]

Thats crazy, what are the stats though? Is it the 17-25 bracket or overall?

[Prue]

I think it's a lot larger because all the accidents seem to involve cars with 2 or more people in them

[GTRKat]

Also not helped by some idiot that stole a car and took out his drug dealer friend...

[Prue]

Also not helped by some idiot that stole a car and took out his drug dealer friend...

Man I wanted to punch the mother of the girlfriend of said idiot. She was going on & on about how it was the cops fault. Not the fact that her daughter was in a stolen vehicle with a dickhead who was trying to outrun the cops. That clearly wasn't important.

[Trozzle]

It's a shame that second vehicle involved wasn't a minibus full of the c*nts....

anyways on topic, yeah I heard something, though no idea what exactly...seems like it would definitely be something to do with what Kat pointed out, though these figures should be discounted - those oxygen theives never existed...

[GTRKat]

Well yeah that was 4 all at once. Only innocent there is the baby. And yeah, being a criminal isn't important! Don't be so silly!

There's been at least 2 other accidents I know of where motorcyclists have died without speed involved, cars didn't give way. One of those intersections is near my house and I find that 9/10 times when I drive along that road I have a car pull out in front of me when I'm traveling the 80kmph speed limit only to have to slam my brakes on. Always happens when there's not even any cars behind me! People either don't look or have some sort of stupid perception of what 80ks is like!

[R32_Matt]

Another one was an old bloke who had a heart attack while driving and crashed.

The majority of them seem to be related to criminals or unlucky circumstances rather than bad driving.

[GTRKat]

When did you resurface Matt? It's been a while!

Well I think not giving way constitutes bad driving. Living in Gungahlin there are a lot of bad intersections up here and people just don't pay attention or don't seem to know the rules. The amount of accidents that occur on Anthony Rolfe on a regular basis is ridiculous!

[Prue]

There was also that guy who died when his car got hit by a truck out on horsepark road

[wal32r]

When did you resurface Matt? It's been a while!

Yeah matty whats doin, nice car lol.

[wal32r]

There has been alot of motorbike accidents this year ive noticed, that has probably contributed a fair bit.

[Broken_R31]

One was a cyclist that was hit by a ute. The ute also took out this 61 year old on road cyclists equally old girlfriend, though she's recovering. I know we should share roads with cyclists and all but really 61 years old and on the road?

Theres also been that big crash with one fatality on Kuringa drive between Melba/Spence/Charny and the Barton Highway. Then of course the Scumbag vs. drug dealer chicken incident that was another 4 and the rest which i'm not sure on make 13, total fatalities for this calendar year so far.

[GTRKat]

One was a cyclist that was hit by a ute. The ute also took out this 61 year old on road cyclists equally old girlfriend, though she's recovering. I know we should share roads with cyclists

LIES!!!!!

Edited May 18, 2010 by GTRKat

[Shell]

I'm sorry but road tolls in general shit me..

Sometimes shit happens and sometimes it doesn't! Sometimes there are ferals like Mully, and other incidents that add to the "toll", and sometimes there aren't! Accidents don't happen in a neat little 2.5 fatalities a month.... and if there's any more somethings gone terribly wrong, or any less and the government can pat themselves on the back

[GT-R32]

Exactly Shell. The circumstances vary so widely, while the figures fluctuate in a small place like this.

Strangely, my Dad has been at the scene of 3 fatals just hours before they happened.

[TiTAN]

i dont see why the road toll is that much more important than natural causes or smoking, they both make the road toll barely register by comparison.

[GT-R32]

Or male suicide.

[GTRPowa]

I like your non-opinionated approach Shell.

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Keep in mind people that nobody deserved to die in that Monaro Hwy accident. Ok, perhaps one, but even then that's wishing too far. I don't know any of the 4, I'm only living here to work, but I like to have the old 'toke' after work, and I sit in my house quietly, doing my own thing, not hurting anybody. Sometimes I've had friends buy some off me, but rarely.

But that makes me realise how close to these victims I am, in the sense of where you've caught some wind on these people breaking a totally unrelated law and, therefore, how much you'd feel the need for them (or me) to die. Even though I wouldn't hurt a fly.

Please be nice.

Edited May 19, 2010 by GTRPowa

[zebra]

I like your non-opinionated approach Shell.

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Keep in mind people that nobody deserved to die in that Monaro Hwy accident. Ok, perhaps one, but even then that's wishing too far. I don't know any of the 4, I'm only living here to work, but I like to have the old 'toke' after work, and I sit in my house quietly, doing my own thing, not hurting anybody. Sometimes I've had friends buy some off me, but rarely.

But that makes me realise how close to these victims I am, in the sense of where you've caught some wind on these people breaking a totally unrelated law and, therefore, how much you'd feel the need for them (or me) to die. Even though I wouldn't hurt a fly.

Please be nice.

Thats not somthing I'd say on a public forum...been that the police, media and politicians read these forums, So now...not only do they think were are all hoons but drug dealers too.