Paul B. Webster VK2BZC wrote:
>
> Wagner Lipnharski's at the pulpit again!
>
>   If it's anything like this country (and I see no reason otherwise),
> the problem seems to be the police are setting up the speed traps on the
> high-quality, ultra-safe roads, and on the safest sections where excess
> speed least matters, particularly where drivers finally get a break to
> overtake the knuckle-dragging specimen they've been following for miles
> (US element there).
>
>   There would be somewhat more respect for them if they'd come down
> heavy on the hoons in the suburbs, the centre-hugging snails, the
> one-eyed night creatures and the didgeridoo exhausts (.AU element
> there).
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   One of my favourite stories is about an intersection near my home.  It
> is a "T"-junction which had a "Give Way" Sign (unnecessary given current
> regulations) on the side road which has incidentally, a short hill just
> before/ at the junction.  One night, a young driver was driving(?) an
> apparently stolen vehicle down this side road to the junction.
>
>   Presumably ignorant of the nature of the junction (presumably because
> he was not licensed), he crested the hill, went straight across the
> junction, *through* the 16" wooden power pole opposite and into a
> resident's garage (via the side wall).  He was presumably going a little
> fast.  Absurdly, he was minimally injured.  Don't recall if he was
> caught actually.
>
>   The council apparently felt the need to improve safety at the
> junction, so they changed the sign to a "Stop" sign and put a "Stop sign
> ahead" sign before the hill.
> --
>   Cheers,
>         Paul B.

There is a good solution for this sort of situation.  You get about 4,
5-ton boulders, and place them in a "deterrent" position to protect your
house...  Paint them white, if you're feeling personable and nice that
day.

  Mark