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Thank you Just a big shout out to one of your roadside angels, David, for his fast and professional service. On Easter Monday we headed out for a drive until our car battery gave up the ghost. Within no time at all we had a new battery and were on our way. Bathurst 1000 pit crews eat your heart out! Thank you RACT Roadside. Kelvin Ball // Claremont
Passing lanes In response to your article about the increasing level of traffic accidents in Tasmania despite the improvement in the quality of vehicles and the government spending a massive amount on the major highways (‘Rethinking road safety’, Journeys, April–May, p. 58). I think a portion of the money allocated for road improvement should be allocated to developing passing lanes on some of the state’s most winding roads. Take, for instance, the Channel Highway between Woodbridge and Cygnet. There is not a single passing lane, which means that if you’re stuck behind a slow-moving truck or campervan or a towed caravan or motorist crawling under the speed limit there are very few opportunities to pass. After a considerable number of kilometres this brings about frustration, leading to people taking risks. Further to that, an education campaign should be mounted on driver courtesy. If people wish to meander well below the road speed limit, they should observe the traffic stuck behind them and pull over to let them pass. I always do this when I have my utility well laden, and I wish others would give people this simple courtesy.
Do you know your road safety?
Q If you look at your mobile for two seconds when driving 60km/h, how much distance do you travel?
Howard Wilcockson // Garden Island Creek
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JOURNEYS // JUN / JUL 2021
Flip to p. 58 for the answer.
