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Another one bites the dust.

Same school Zone as in previous page, but this is on the Princes Highway going South at Blakehurst.

Isn't it lucky that they have an expensive independant spare set of lights there.

A bit of old news I found.
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Kogarah Municipal Council Page 19
Regular Council 14 March 2005
N. General Business
Cr Mark Coure mentioned his intention to move the following motions at the next
Council Meeting:
1. That Council write to the RTA and the Minister for Roads about investigating the
installation of flashing lights on top of the speed cameras located on Princes
Highway and have them flashing during school drop of and pick up times.
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ON TOP OF THE SPEED CAMERAS? WHAT WAS HE THINKING.

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Sophie Delezio's father lashes out at Labor

The father of car crash survivor Sophie Delezio (above) has criticised the NSW Government for failing to spend enough money on putting flashing lights in school zones.

Ron Delezio, whose daughter suffered horrific injuries in two separate accidents, joined the NRMA in accusing the Government of taking too long to roll out technology that could save lives.

Sophie was struck by a car at a pedestrian crossing outside her school on Frenchs Forest Road at Seaforth, in Sydney's north, in May 2006.

The accident happened less than three years after she was badly burned when a car burst into flames after slamming into her child-care centre on Sydney's northern beaches.

Last year, the State Government promised to spend revenue from speed camera-related fines on installing the lights at 100 schools a year for four years.

Figures released during this week's Senate estimates hearing showed that the Government had taken $45 million in revenue from the cameras.

Mr Delezio and the NRMA say the Government should spend all of this revenue on flashing lights, which would allow them to be rolled out at all 400 schools in a single year.

"It's the Government's responsibility to make these roads safe for our kids and if they're not spending all the money from speed cameras, well why aren't they?" Mr Delezio said while standing in front of his daughter's school at Balgowlah Heights.

"I know what it's like to have your child hit on the road - how devastating that is. We don't want to see other drivers be responsible for knocking other drivers down.

"It's a proven fact that flashing lights around school zones do slow down drivers. You've got enough things to worry about when driving a car nowadays ... the majority of motorists who do speed through a school zone don't do it on purpose. The Government needs to help these people go through school zones at the correct speed."

Ninety-five per cent of schools in NSW do not have flashing lights installed.

NRMA Motoring and Services director Geoff Toovey said the technology needed to be installed at all schools across the state, not just those where it was needed most.

Roads Minister Michael Daley said last month the lights had been installed at 61 schools, with a further 39 to be installed by the end of the year.

He said a trial last year indicated the flashing lights slowed motorists down by an average of 7kmh when they entered a school zone.