Excerpt from article:

“We all play a role in keeping our roads safe and Crime Stoppers Victoria is offering vulnerable pedestrians the tools they need to use our roads safely,” she [Crime Stoppers Victoria Chief Executive Stella Smith] said.

“We have seen 175 pedestrians killed on our roads over the last five years, and a significant number of those have been in 60 km/h zones.

“We hope with more education and awareness we can reduce the number of injuries and most importantly, deaths on our roads.”

As part of the campaign, Crime Stoppers Victoria will hit the streets to actively engage with high-risk pedestrians to educate them on how they can help keep our roads incident-free.

I guess that means police will be out in force handing out fines to pedestrians and cyclists. “Job done!”

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  • buckenmuck
    4•1 year ago

    “Yes there are a lot of reckless, careless, distracted or entitled drivers but there are also pedestrians and cyclists that fit squarely in one or more of those categories.”

    There is a lot I disagree with in your comment, but I am wondering why you’re making this false equivalency. How many people have “distracted pedestrians” killed or severely injured? In the same vein, from the article one of the most vulnerable groups is kids 4-12. What’s the way to make sure kids, famous for their inhibitory control, aren’t distracted?

    • Roadkill 🇦🇺
      1•1 year ago

      How is it a false equivalence? I can tell you that avoiding obstacles(pedestrians, cyclists, dogs etc) in a split secnd can cause accidents I dont think I need to explain that. As far as 4-12yr olds maybe what used to be done could be an answer. Hold their hand when walking across the road. I dunno, I don’t have all the answers.