School Zone Santa .Com

The telegraph had an article today and a most respected father who has every reason to be angry with speeding drivers said what I've been on about for over two years.

Mr Delezio realizes that drivers don't always mean to speed and in the case of school zones, can miss the signs.
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So flashing lights would be a help I think, and of course you should always drive to the conditions.

The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader did an interview and photographed me at Kogarah in my Santa suit on Fri 2 Feb. but up till now haven't had room to publish the story.

As it was about there not being any Flashing lights on the other 3 busy roads into the kogarah school zone I did think it was newsworthy.

Peter Olsen was mentioned in the leader on a number of occasions in articles and in readers letters (even in todays leader)so I thought I'd e-mail in a letter myself
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.Dear Sir,
It appears that Peter Olsen with his School zone flashing lights, and Tow away/ clearway signs at Brighton- lee- sands can’t please every one.

One minute someone writes into the Leader and said because of his common sense ideas, Mr. Olsen should be the boss of the RTA.

Now Peter Jackson of Cronulla (Your view Leader Feb 6,) writes that Peter Olsen plastering up his lights and signs will cause more trouble than it’s worth.

Obviously Mr. Jackson has not driven in Lurgano and Peakhurst during school zone time, to see first hand, how effective Mr.Olsen’s lights are, and at $350, cost only a fraction of the solar powered, back to base, RTA favored units.

Mr. Jackson says to leave the RTA jobs to the “professionals.”

Are these the same RTA intellectuals that gave us The Cross City Tunnel and allowed the M5 East and M7 toll roads to be built with only two lanes, and after finally admitting that school zones, as they are now, don’t work, are now wasting millions, $7.2 million for 100 schools, with their version of flashing light systems for those schools, leaving only 3900 schools to go

How professional are they to install only two units of flashing lights, one set at each end of the Kogarah school zone on the Princes Highway, and don’t think that the thousands of vehicles coming into that school zone, from Regent St, President Ave, South St, and Rocky Pt Rd during school zone times, all without the benefit of warning lights, pose any threat to the safety of the local school children.

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I sent that into the Leader last Wed 6th, but it hasn't made the cut as yet.
I could have been a bit strong, but I thought the point was made.

As the Kogarah school zone problem is a local issue, I thought a local paper would be interested, but then maybe school zone stories are passe now.

Believe me I'm not in a some sort of publicity quest for myself, all I want is Flashing lights at school zones, to give the average driver and school child a fair go.

Now of course is the time, just before an election that publicity for any cause is very important and can make a big difference to any cause.

This afternoon I did an interview with Troy Murphy on 2SS 99.7 FM Radio and went over the reason for School Zone Santa.

It went well I thought and hullo to any listeners that took note of my website name.

Thanks Troy for the space on your show.
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The RTA admitted to 2GB this afternoon on the Chris Smith Show, that the flashing lights at Blakehurst, that I rang 2GB about,.. were faulty.(see yesterdays page)

School zone santa ................................. 1
Fancy Solar back to base, flashing lights.. 0

Forget them and bring on the Olsen flashers