School Zone Santa .Com

Not much to report on the kogarah front though Friday morning was a busy one.
I taped a sheet of paper on the back of my sign and when I slowed a "speeding" car with a wave, I marked it down.
After school zone time finished I had 88 vehicles marked as definite.
One was a Legion station wagon Taxi who saw me and hit the brakes and about twenty minutes came back heading north and gave a very happy toot and wave. A $143 fine would've taken the gloss of his day's takings.

Last week I received an e-mail from "K"

HI There
Interesting comments re the P plate crisis but please keep in mind that not all P Platers are hoons. I have my Green P's but am over 30 - I'm a late bloomer I suppose but in the almost two years I have been driving on P plates I seem to have become a target for every type of hoon and aggressive driver for sticking to the speed limit. I have been honked, flashed, yelled at and cut off more times than I care to think about. I do admit it has been frightening at times especially when cars have cut me off with only inches to spare - is there any reason why fully licensed drivers feel the need to do this to someone with less experience making it dangerous for all. I mean if I am doing 90 km's in a 90 zone on the Princes Highway legally in the outside lane why do fully licensed drivers feel the need to overtake me at 110+ ! My driving has improved markedly since I first got my license but driving in peak hour all the time has shown me some interesting interpretations of the road rules by others. Any tips you can give me?

I replied thus

Dear K....
You late bloomer you, Thanks for your e-mail.
It's a dangerous world out there and all drivers should act responsibly, but that just doesn't happen.
That's why I said to triple the number of highway patrol and make all the new cars unmarked to catch the bad drivers no matter how long they've had their license.
I have a pile of newspaper clippings of drivers in court that were driving while disqualified and my wheel clamp idea would help to minimize that.
I really don't mean to have a go at all "P" platers but I see a lot of bad driving by these inexperienced drivers.
Accidents can happen so quickly, and for every young person killed on the road, how many are left permenantly damaged?

Road rules are there to try and help all road users.

I stand there at Kogarah and stop strangers from being booked, (coincidentaly),because the way they are now, school zones are unfair and when they put up flashing lights to help drivers be aware of school zone times, then double the fine for those that still speed.

So Kylie be very careful and don't take any thing for granted.
You might have a green light but some fool could come through on the red.
Give me a wave ,and I'm on your side

Regards ..... ( santa)

And "k" answered me late fri night

DEAR.....

Thanks for the lovely email. You certainly have some ideas worth thinking about so I hope you are getting your messages out there.

I had two good friends of mine killed in a stupid accident when we were
all in year 11 at school - they were P platers and thought they were
indestructible. So I know what you mean.

I will definitely give you a wave next time I see you on the way to work -
you can shake your sign at the next pleb that cuts off my blue mazda!

All the best with your campaign. You should try giving Merrick and Rosso on
Nova a touch up for some publicity.

Kind regards
K....
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Kogarah at 8