❓ Dr. Walker questions the Minister for Road Safety regarding the effectiveness of current road safety strategies, resource allocation, and response times to emerging issues like drug-impaired driving. The Minister responds by highlighting the government's commitment and investment in road safety initiatives.
AnsweredQoN 926Legislative Council
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ROAD SAFETY
926. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer the minister to the
double-page spread in today's The West Australian entitled ''We
must stop road carnage: Calls for night-time limits and regional focus as the
state's horror death toll continues to grow''.
(1) Does the
minister support the Road Safety Commission's desktop approach, which
in the past 12 months has included an investigation into new AI-driven safety
cameras, trialling new near-miss technology and creating a mass media safety
campaign?
(2) Has the
government considered diverting police resources away from, for example, the
failed war on drugs, in favour of focusing police attention instead on
practical policing and meaningful impairment testing on our country roads?
(3) If no to (2),
will the minister lobby his colleague the Minister for Police on this issue as
a pressing public safety priority?
(4) Should the
public brace for a response in 12 or more months' time, given that is
the length of time it has taken the minister's
colleague the Minister for Health to even contemplate the convening of her
ministerial working group into the issues around tetrahydrocannabinol
driving and driver safety?
The PRESIDENT : I give the call
to the Leader of the Opposition—sorry, the Leader of the Government,
the Leader of the House.
926. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer the minister to the
double-page spread in today's The West Australian entitled ''We
must stop road carnage: Calls for night-time limits and regional focus as the
state's horror death toll continues to grow''.
(1) Does the
minister support the Road Safety Commission's desktop approach, which
in the past 12 months has included an investigation into new AI-driven safety
cameras, trialling new near-miss technology and creating a mass media safety
campaign?
(2) Has the
government considered diverting police resources away from, for example, the
failed war on drugs, in favour of focusing police attention instead on
practical policing and meaningful impairment testing on our country roads?
(3) If no to (2),
will the minister lobby his colleague the Minister for Police on this issue as
a pressing public safety priority?
(4) Should the
public brace for a response in 12 or more months' time, given that is
the length of time it has taken the minister's
colleague the Minister for Health to even contemplate the convening of her
ministerial working group into the issues around tetrahydrocannabinol
driving and driver safety?
The PRESIDENT : I give the call
to the Leader of the Opposition—sorry, the Leader of the Government,
the Leader of the House.
AnswerView source ↗
Thank you,
President!
The PRESIDENT :
I was engaged with the question.
Hon SUE ELLERY :
Sure.
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The
Cook government is committed to driving change on Western Australian roads. The
government knows this is not an easy task and that is why it is committed to
investigating all options to help make WA roads safer. The Cook government is
spending $1 billion on safety upgrades to regional roads and hundreds of millions more on a broad suite of road
safety initiatives. The government also wants to examine the reasons
behind the recent spike in fatalities and consider new ways to address the
problem. It is incumbent upon anyone and
everyone who gets behind the wheel to take responsibility for their own safety and also the safety of other road users.
President!
The PRESIDENT :
I was engaged with the question.
Hon SUE ELLERY :
Sure.
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The
Cook government is committed to driving change on Western Australian roads. The
government knows this is not an easy task and that is why it is committed to
investigating all options to help make WA roads safer. The Cook government is
spending $1 billion on safety upgrades to regional roads and hundreds of millions more on a broad suite of road
safety initiatives. The government also wants to examine the reasons
behind the recent spike in fatalities and consider new ways to address the
problem. It is incumbent upon anyone and
everyone who gets behind the wheel to take responsibility for their own safety and also the safety of other road users.
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