O-Bahn solution

We need vehicle checks

I TOTALLY agree with Paul Grigg that the Government and the motoring safety council are definitely not doing enough to promote road safety and driver responsibility (Letters, August 1). They have allowed an air of complacence to permeate the driving community by allowing selfregulation. It does not work. An example of this is the amount of vehicles with one brake light and misaligned headlights. If there were yearly safety inspections on vehicles of a certain age many of these dangerous issues would be solved. More speed cameras throughout the state would make drivers more aware of keeping within the specified limits thus enhancing road safety.

Red light cameras are another item that would work to change driver behaviour for the better. I believe they are nonexistent here whereas they have been in place in many mainland states for decades. I would like to know how many readers witness red light runners on a daily basis. Another area where safety should be pro- MUCH of the traffic congestion in Adelaide was solved by the installation of the O-Bahn. This is a system where buses travel on a concrete track at 110km/h. It could be easily used in Hobart. Instead of building a very expensive railway infrastructure with electric wiring, tracks, stations and parking etc. An O-Bahn easilyadapted ordinary bus can pick up the passengers where they are, travel to vari- Glenorchy ratepayers unite to fight ‘injustice’ of 12.5 per cent rate rise So is Mayor Johnston suggesting that once the debt is paid off, rates will go down? I doubt it. Which means ratepayers would have been better off having the debt smoothed out over time, as offered by the Government. GCC ratepayers already pay the most for the least services.