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Old 15-09-2024, 11:15 AM   #1
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By my counting, ten people have died in motor vehicle accidents in the last seven days, in NSW. That number includes one pedestrian, and may change if someone critically injured a few days ago dies from their crash injuries.

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/n...bWwmYWxsPTE%3D
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Critical injury (doesn’t sound encouraging) from street racing crash:
https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/n...bWwmYWxsPTE%3D

On raw extrapolation, that’s 520 fatalities a year. I realise that’s a farcical way to look at it, but it’s still a big number for a springtime week of mostly good weather, in a non-holiday period. Also notable is the brief descriptions of these incidents - a good number of them possibly reflect conduct that’s difficult to police or legislate meaningfully. I’ll be waiting to see what the Government have to say; whether they ignore this detail and keep banging on about speed. (I think the total is too great for them to say nothing, the Opposition and vested interest groups will be vocal otherwise.)
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