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here is many vehicles that insist on traveling in the middle of the road, or close to the centre.

Even where double lines exist many drivers seem to see these as a ‘suggestion only’.

Where there are no lines apparently there is no need to stay on the left side of the road at all.

I have just purchased a dash cam. When it is up and running I will send the clips to Dash Cams Australia.

I will attempt to ensure number plates (and any other vehicle details) are recorded in the hopes that drivers become embarrassed by their appalling driving skills.

You can change the speed limit, but you cannot legislate against stupidity, and stupidity is thriving in this region.

the road toll.

Even draconian implementation of more and more restrictive speed limits may result in driver frustration leading to road rage and dangerous driving.

It must be a difficult balancing act to determine the safest speed on a given stretch of road in order to maximise road user safety.

No doubt driver education via social media is a primary and crucial tool to remind us all to do the right thing.

Richard Holloway, Pottsville

Leave the speed limits is well above the limit.

How come every time there’s a motor vehicle crash the cry goes out to lower the speed limit?

Delivery transport workers have also mentioned near misses.

Cars in particular are very difficult to see over the crest of the Mayal Creek bridge when entering town at excessive speed.

The speed limit should be reduced.

Pete Hanlon, Murwillumbah

Vote to save a great Australian it’s softwood plantations delivered a profit of $3873 for every hectare logged

On March 25, the state election, voters should consider the fate of a great Australian who is facing extinction — the koala.

Before casting your vote look at the policies of the candidates in relation to supporting the koala and its survival.

Both Victoria and Western Australia are moving to ban native forest logging and NSW should follow suit as the logging is unprofitable and catastrophic to all wildlife.

On March 25 the koala needs your support. Vote for those candidates who have policies that protect this unique Australian from extinction.

Simon Dawson, Bogangar

Bird slaughter disgrace

I’ve lived close to Kingscliff park for many years and have an absolute love for the native maggies and curlews that live in this park near the high school.

Tweed Heads Common sense needed on speed limits

Meg Houghton,

As a regular traveller on the Burringbar Range I find that it goes from 80kms to 90kms on a stretch of road that probably shouldn’t even be 80.

Please make it 80kms all the way. I am glad for the overtaking lanes on the Range as I am an older driver and it lets others pass me. Please let common sense prevail.

Julie-Anne Harris, Murwillumbah

More driver education needed

Unfortunately, it’s a fact of life that driving is an inherently dangerous activity and irrespective of how low the speed limit is set there will always be deaths on our roads.

There will always be idiots that flaunt the road rules putting themselves and others at risk of injury or death.

Health problems, inattention, unexpected road conditions, extreme weather events and cars that are poorly maintained all contribute to

Why doesn’t the alleged ability of the vehicle driver be scrutinised and/ or questioned?

If people were to take the operation of a motor vehicle seriously and have control of that vehicle instead of letting their concentration waver then I’m sure that the accidents would not happen.

Leave the limits as they are, and teach the motorists to take proper care and attention to their surroundings.

Paul Atkins, Tweed Heads Tumbulgum Road speed

One hundred kilometres per hour is excessive for this narrow road that adjoins a residential street.

Drivers are using the residential area to decelerate from 100km/h. Additionally, drivers are accelerating beyond 50km/h prior to leaving the adjoining residential area.

As well as the recent accidents, several near misses have occurred with children crossing the road unable to judge the true speed of an approaching vehicle.

Residents must take great care when leaving their driveway as the traffic

While many Australians support the koala, the treatment of koalas since European settlement has been quite devastating. In the early part of the 20th century koalas were hunted for their soft, thick fur for such products as gloves, coat linings and rugs. By 1924 it is estimated that more than two million koala pelts had left Australia.

At the start of the 20th century, it is estimated that there were 8 to 10 million koalas in Australia. The Australian Koala Foundation estimated in 2022 that there could be as few as 43,000 koalas in the wild.

A major contributor to the declining numbers of koalas is habitat destruction through the harvesting of old growth native hardwood forests.

The state-owned Forestry Corporation reports stated the corporation suffered a $20 million loss in 2021 with NSW taxpayers paying $441 per hectare to log critical native forests. The harvest is mainly for wood chip and firewood with the net cost of destroying 13,500 hectares of red gum and iron bark trees coming in at $6 million. The same report noted that

After reading the ‘Horror bird kill’ article I am so angry and disgusted in these creeps who have done this. There is not other word for such people who would poison and bash such beautiful native Australian birds than to call them pure evil.

I would however like to thank Tweed Shire Council as they continually try to protect the bush stone-curlews.

They have made them a ‘safe’ fenced in area away from the lowlifes who continually terrorise the people and animals in the park by taking their cars in there and doing donuts at all hours of the day and night.

It would now be great to see the council take the next step and put in extensive security cameras and surveillance.

Sadly the ‘old’ Kingscliff is being lost, where the environment and animals were loved and protected.

Jo-Anne Stevenson, Kingscliff

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