MAIB – Road Safety
We touched earlier on the age of the vehicle fleet in Tasmania and in 2019 it was 12.9 years, the oldest in the country.
We touched earlier on the age of the vehicle fleet in Tasmania and in 2019 it was 12.9 years, the oldest in the country.
That is the history of the National Fire Arms Agreement. It is the basis upon which we in Tasmania have an extraordinary responsibility in the world.
Can you confirm that the Department of State Growth owns the mobile speed cameras that we see popping up all over roads?
We support what this bill does to regulate safety and maintenance requirements and to regulate electrical installations and electrical equipment.
Part 8 of the Traffic Act 1925 was introduced by Jim Cox in 2007 to limit the use of electronic billboards on public streets.
I also want to note with a heavy heart that the Tasmanian road toll this year is the highest it has been, as I understand it, in more than 10 years.
Public place assaults, public order incidences and offences against the person have all increased over the period.
Random breath tests more than halved from some 280 000 in the previous year to 120 000.
There appears to be heavy resistance within the freight industry to lowering speed limits in Tasmania. We can all understand where that is coming from.
The Transport Service's website reports this data but it is not available in the Budget.