VIC police asked “What are pedestrians doing around 60 km/h zones?”, while the correct question to pose was “What are 60 km/h zones doing around pedestrians?”.

“The most vulnerable people are primary school children aged 4-12, intoxicated pedestrians aged 30-39, and elderly pedestrians aged over 70.”

“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.”

How does anyone see this as anything but bananas? Kids should be able to quickly and safely get to and from school without needing worry about whether or not a driver will mow them down. People who’ve been drinking are infamously not great decision makers so I don’t know how “educating” will help any. And 70 year olds are vulnerable because they are 70 years old not because they don’t know how dangerous cars are.

“‘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.’”

the problem is the cars and the car-centric infrastructure, jfc go fix that

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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