Dying Too Soon
May 30th 2008 02:46
Dear Editor
It has recently come to my attention that the overall Victorian road toll over the last year has brought 330 deaths. This is an increase from the previous year’s 329 deaths. This is a figure that makes me angry, not just that the road toll has risen in the last year, but there are a great amount of deaths in Victoria alone. The road is to drive on, not a place for people to die on. The country roads around Victoria are so dangerous because drivers think they can speed on the roads as there is hardly any traffic, and then they end up killing themselves by driving into trees or poles. During 2007 and 2008, there were 188 deaths in rural Victoria, compared to Melbourne’s 153, according to the TAC website. It annoys me why people do these things. Why would you drink and drive? Why would you speed just to look cool? In my opinion, it’s just sheer stupidity. The consequences of speeding and drink-driving can either result in a measly fine, or result in a loss of a life. Which one would you rather? It’s not just the drivers to blame; it’s also the conditions of the roads. Many roads aren’t sealed and there are a lot of pot holes. The roads are too windey for some drivers to handle and they veer off into trees. The government needs to do something about these roads, and fast, or else the road toll will continue to grow and grow. The government could fund more money into fixing the roads and making them more suitable to drive on and fewer trees surrounding country roads. The amount of level crossing accidents in Australia over the past two years has been shocking. A lot of these crossings have had no boom gates or warnings, which needs to be put in to stop the amount of fatalities. The government need to fund more money to get these boom gates and warning lights so the level crossing accidents don’t happen as often. The drivers of cars are also to blame; sometimes they are the ones that cause the accident. They either ignore the red light signals or just don’t want to stop, which could become a life or death situation. Lets just hope that the motoring public realise how much damage these people do on the roads and think again about speeding and drink-driving, because the consequence could be a loss of a life.
By Corey Gallichan
It has recently come to my attention that the overall Victorian road toll over the last year has brought 330 deaths. This is an increase from the previous year’s 329 deaths. This is a figure that makes me angry, not just that the road toll has risen in the last year, but there are a great amount of deaths in Victoria alone. The road is to drive on, not a place for people to die on. The country roads around Victoria are so dangerous because drivers think they can speed on the roads as there is hardly any traffic, and then they end up killing themselves by driving into trees or poles. During 2007 and 2008, there were 188 deaths in rural Victoria, compared to Melbourne’s 153, according to the TAC website. It annoys me why people do these things. Why would you drink and drive? Why would you speed just to look cool? In my opinion, it’s just sheer stupidity. The consequences of speeding and drink-driving can either result in a measly fine, or result in a loss of a life. Which one would you rather? It’s not just the drivers to blame; it’s also the conditions of the roads. Many roads aren’t sealed and there are a lot of pot holes. The roads are too windey for some drivers to handle and they veer off into trees. The government needs to do something about these roads, and fast, or else the road toll will continue to grow and grow. The government could fund more money into fixing the roads and making them more suitable to drive on and fewer trees surrounding country roads. The amount of level crossing accidents in Australia over the past two years has been shocking. A lot of these crossings have had no boom gates or warnings, which needs to be put in to stop the amount of fatalities. The government need to fund more money to get these boom gates and warning lights so the level crossing accidents don’t happen as often. The drivers of cars are also to blame; sometimes they are the ones that cause the accident. They either ignore the red light signals or just don’t want to stop, which could become a life or death situation. Lets just hope that the motoring public realise how much damage these people do on the roads and think again about speeding and drink-driving, because the consequence could be a loss of a life.
By Corey Gallichan
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