❓ Question on Notice regarding the Liberal-National government's strategies to address irresponsible road behaviour, particularly speeding, in Western Australia, in light of Fatality Free Friday. The Minister outlines measures including increased speed cameras and stricter penalties for hoon drivers, road racers, suspended drivers, and drink drivers.
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ROAD TOLL — FATALITY FREE FRIDAY
The minister will know that 22 May marks Fatality Free Friday, which is a national campaign to encourage Australians to take more responsibility for their actions on the road. From a Western Australian perspective, can the minister outline what the Liberal-National government is doing to tackle the problem of irresponsible road behaviour in Western Australia, particularly with excessive speed, which is a factor in a third of the deaths on our roads? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
The minister will know that 22 May marks Fatality Free Friday, which is a national campaign to encourage Australians to take more responsibility for their actions on the road. From a Western Australian perspective, can the minister outline what the Liberal-National government is doing to tackle the problem of irresponsible road behaviour in Western Australia, particularly with excessive speed, which is a factor in a third of the deaths on our roads? Mr R.F. JOHNSON
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It is a bit like Groundhog Day . I thank the member and my colleague for the question. It shows that there is a different slant on the question from this side of the house to that side of the house. The question from the other side of the house was a negative. It criticised the government and implied that the government does not care about road safety. That is totally untrue. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: It is a bit like Groundhog Day . I thank the member and my colleague for the question. It shows that there is a different slant on the question from this side of the house to that side of the house. The question from the other side of the house was a negative. It criticised the government and implied that the government does not care about road safety. That is totally untrue. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
It is a bit like Groundhog Day . I thank the member and my colleague for the question. It shows that there is a different slant on the question from this side of the house to that side of the house. The question from the other side of the house was a negative. It criticised the government and implied that the government does not care about road safety. That is totally untrue. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON replied: It is a bit like Groundhog Day . I thank the member and my colleague for the question. It shows that there is a different slant on the question from this side of the house to that side of the house. The question from the other side of the house was a negative. It criticised the government and implied that the government does not care about road safety. That is totally untrue. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
It is a bit like Groundhog Day . I thank the member and my colleague for the question. It shows that there is a different slant on the question from this side of the house to that side of the house. The question from the other side of the house was a negative. It criticised the government and implied that the government does not care about road safety. That is totally untrue. Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Mr M. McGowan : Answer the question. Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Mr R.F. JOHNSON : I do not take instructions from my friend the member for Rockingham. He is the joker in this place, but his joke went wrong this morning, did it not? He has no commitment to this Parliament whatsoever. Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
Let me just say this: the government takes very seriously the death toll and the serious injuries on our roads, and it will do everything it can to reduce that. We are going to do it in many ways. One of the ways is by spending $30 million, as I have already said, on extra speed cameras—fixed, red light and Multanova. I do not think we can have too many. The evidence that we have seen from interstate and overseas is that the more cameras there are, the more revenue there is initially. However, once people have to pay fines, they start learning their lessons, and then the revenue goes down. However, the best thing about that is that as the revenue goes down, the death toll goes down. That is what we are doing. We are doing other things also. We are going to get tough on hoon drivers, as members know. We are going to get tough on road racers. We are going to get tough on those people who drive while they are under suspension—there are thousands of those out there. They will have a hard time very soon. We are going to get tough on those people who drink, particularly if they register a blood alcohol level above .08. They will suffer some serious consequences. If we deal with all those things, I am hopeful that we will see a huge reduction in the number of people who die needlessly on our roads, and also the number of people who are critically injured for the rest of their lives on our roads.
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