Archives for: "May 2007"

Another one

May 31st, 2007
A report on 2GB at around 5pm yesterday 30th May to say the lights on Anzac Pde (presumably Sydney Boys' High at Moore Park) were still flashing. Maybe pupils were were working back late. Yesterday thelights onthe South end of the Taren Point public… more »

Most of a letter

May 30th, 2007
This letter was in the Daily Telegraph this morning, in relpy to a person who says has no trouble with school zones. My letter had been pruned a little, and left out what I thought was an important line.… more »

On line again

May 29th, 2007
Sorry the web site was off today because it ran out of space , but here we are again. All the news today was about speed cameras in the Lane Cove Tunnel. 10,000 drivers were booked, in six weeks, many multible times. It seems they were caught out when… more »

Welcome new visitors

May 28th, 2007
Hi to those who have joined via the Alan Jones show, his jokes may be left wanting but if an issue needs attention he's your man. As I only get to see the flashing lights around the Southern suburbs and these lights have had problems, what is happening… more »

What a coincidence

May 25th, 2007
The 3 non working school zone flashing light units on The Kingsway Miranda have been fixed. The repairmen were just packing up the witches hats they had around their truck at the last one outside Westfield as I drove past at 3.00pm. So the three faulty… more »

Flashing lights do work

May 25th, 2007
Here's a letter to the Telegraph earlier this week I did drive especially down The Kingsway yesterday afternoon to check on the Miranda non working lights and they were still out. THREE WITHIN 300 METERS!!! How many drivers this week will loose their… more »

Not getting better

May 24th, 2007
After a bit of shopping I headed home along The Kingsway Miranda, it was afternoon school zone time, and guess what? The flashing lights on this large sign outside Miranda Fair weren't working.hello I took the photo, drove about another 100 meters and… more »

A tale of two schools #2

May 22nd, 2007
As there was renewed interest in school zones because of the increased penalties I e-mailed this to the paper but it missed the cut. ...................................................................... Dear Sir, Liberal MP Pru Goward has been caught… more »

Another faulty Light

May 18th, 2007
On the Kingsway Miranda heading South after Sylvania rd. I saw this one at 3.35pm this afternoon (Friday) How long it's been off I don't know but I'll keep an eye on it to see when the "back to base" feature kicks in. more »

Well that didn't work.

May 17th, 2007
About two years ago the then roads minister Mr Micheal Costa, because of media pressure, nearly halved the fine for low speed violations at school zones to show that it wasn't revenue raising. The demerit points was raised to 3 I heard on the radio this… more »

Tale of two school zones

May 15th, 2007
There are two school zones in the Sutherland shire less than 2 kilometers apart. One is on Taren point rd alongside the back boundry of Taren Point Public school. This school zone has large flashing lights at either end of the zone. This morning I… more »

Speaking of......

May 11th, 2007
Speaking of "state of the art". I read that buses are going to get "state of the art" video security cameras. I drove through Blakehurst this morning all the warning lights (that I saw)at the two school zones there,.... WERE working. more »

State of the art

May 3rd, 2007
Now I might be a little, how do I say ......."passionate" about school zones but I do not drive around checking on the flashing lights that are in the local area, that are some of the 100 sites installed at the cost of $7.2,million, but as I go to and… more »

At last

May 2nd, 2007
Well the overhead flashing light at Blakehurst that failed "last month" has been repaired. If one light unit out of the one hundred sites fails and it takes about a week to fix, how long will it take to when all schools have them?… more »