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One extra flashing Light set
I emailed Road Ministers Roozendaal, Dally and now Borger to get an extra set of flashing lights at Beverly Hills without sucess, and they have collected $111 million in fines at school zones since I first asked.
In todays Sunday Telegraph
MORE than 900 drivers were booked for double parking, speeding or talking on their mobile phone each day in school zones last year under beefed-up road laws - but the NSW Government has broken its promise to spend every cent on road safety.
Exclusive data obtained by The Sunday Telegraph from the Office of State Revenue shows penalties issued in school zones rocketed from $26.6 million in 2007 to $34.1 million last year following the introduction of heavier fines and demerit points for school zone related speeding and parking offences.
In 2006, when then-NSW roads minister Eric Roozendaal announced the roll-out of 50 new school zone speed cameras, he vowed that "all revenue from them will be put straight back into road safety".
Four years and more than $111 million in school zone fines later, Mr Roozendaal, now Treasurer, has broken his promise.
The NRMA and Auditor-General slammed the RTA for refusing to disclose where school zone speed camera revenue is spent.
Full story:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/broken-promise-on-school-zones/comments-e6freuy9-1225899460804
