In Melbourne, the newspapers publish road toll stats for the state daily, and every ambo station posts the stats as well. I do believe this impacts how people drive. Then again, the culture is different there, but worth a try if it reduces the number even by 1. Good call and extra karma Mike.

I believe it is not usual to enforce the speed limit. Most people count anything under 50 kp/h as safe to avoid tickets.

wow...is that true?  there is no enforcing of the street laws?...i mean i see the cops out, and sometimes i see them pull someone over but if they aren't enforcing the way they should i guess that would have a bearing on the driving attitudes here.

CC

unfortunately i myself have been pulled over for speeding (my rant is in a previous post).  I DO see them pull people over occasionally, but i have no idea if it's enough...i guess judging by the amount of accidents that occur it ISN'T enough.

CC

SAw the coppers out in full force today, must be end of the month quotas!

Today going into work some jerk off decided to pass a whole bunch of cars and went far into the right lane, missing a guy cycling by about 6 inches.  You could see the bike rider's hair move in the wind of the bike.  Really pissed me off.

Now I have kept my comments to myself for awhile regarding cops but I have to say something now.  There is a serious shortage of cops on this island and they keep leaving the force in droves and are not replaced fast enough.  They do try to enforce the law but when they are severely shorthanded, they do what they can.  Yes there is also lazy and bad cops but you cannot paint that picture about all of them.  When they have dangerous work environment, less pay then a lot of government positions, condemned buildings to work in, treated like crap by superiors, current government officials and the public why would they want to stay in that position?  If the opportunity arose to get a cushy position in an IB, with a major increase in pay without putting their life on the line I would leave immediately to!

I personally tip my hat off to those who do try to enforce the law working with the resources (or lack there of) they have.  More power to them.

My exit comment was to mean, more power in spirit to have the strength to keep doing their job!  I do have to agree that there are some areas where they should have increased legal power to serve and protect this community, but until there are changes in the laws that cannot be done.