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Mon, 01/11/2010 - 17:08
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2010 kicks off with NSW `road carnage`
Another 24 hours of carnage on NSW's roads has prompted demands for more highway
patrol cars and better road infrastructure.
A father and son and two teenagers died in separate collisions on Sunday night.
Earlier on Sunday a woman was caught driving at six times the legal limit with two
young children in the car at Kingscliff on the NSW far north coast.
It comes after a festive period in which 23 people died on NSW roads - the highest
toll in the country - and a big yearly rise in state road deaths from 374 in 2008 to
460 in 2009.
"2010 is starting off just as 2009 finished with road carnage, far too many people
being killed on NSW roads," Nationals leader Andrew Stoner told reporters in Sydney
on Monday.
Road construction should be improved, accident blackspots removed and rest stops and
overtaking lanes increased, particularly on country roads, Mr Stoner said.
"Also we need to put more highway patrol cars onto those country highways.
"These are the only things that are going to bring down the road toll," he continued.
In the latest accidents, two men aged 18 and 19 died after their car rolled 100km
northwest of Wilcannia about 10.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday.
Two other men, aged 17 and 18, were airlifted to Broken Hill Base Hospital by the
Royal Flying Doctor Service.
No other car was involved in the crash, ambulance media said.
Earlier on Sunday night, a father and son died after a head-on collision on the
north coast, police say.
The 23-year-old driver of a Holden Commodore was driving his 48-year-old father
along the Summerland Way, about 40km from Grafton, when they collided with a Toyota
station wagon at 9.10pm.
The young man died at the scene, while his father died while being airlifted to
Lismore Base Hospital.
Both men were from Grafton.
Meanwhile it was revealed on Monday that police are leaving empty patrol cars on the
highway, including at Goulburn in central NSW, in the latest attempt to get drivers
to slow down.
Network Ten reported that the patrol cars are being left with police caps and
jackets on the seats to try to fool drivers into thinking they are manned.
patrol cars and better road infrastructure.
A father and son and two teenagers died in separate collisions on Sunday night.
Earlier on Sunday a woman was caught driving at six times the legal limit with two
young children in the car at Kingscliff on the NSW far north coast.
It comes after a festive period in which 23 people died on NSW roads - the highest
toll in the country - and a big yearly rise in state road deaths from 374 in 2008 to
460 in 2009.
"2010 is starting off just as 2009 finished with road carnage, far too many people
being killed on NSW roads," Nationals leader Andrew Stoner told reporters in Sydney
on Monday.
Road construction should be improved, accident blackspots removed and rest stops and
overtaking lanes increased, particularly on country roads, Mr Stoner said.
"Also we need to put more highway patrol cars onto those country highways.
"These are the only things that are going to bring down the road toll," he continued.
In the latest accidents, two men aged 18 and 19 died after their car rolled 100km
northwest of Wilcannia about 10.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday.
Two other men, aged 17 and 18, were airlifted to Broken Hill Base Hospital by the
Royal Flying Doctor Service.
No other car was involved in the crash, ambulance media said.
Earlier on Sunday night, a father and son died after a head-on collision on the
north coast, police say.
The 23-year-old driver of a Holden Commodore was driving his 48-year-old father
along the Summerland Way, about 40km from Grafton, when they collided with a Toyota
station wagon at 9.10pm.
The young man died at the scene, while his father died while being airlifted to
Lismore Base Hospital.
Both men were from Grafton.
Meanwhile it was revealed on Monday that police are leaving empty patrol cars on the
highway, including at Goulburn in central NSW, in the latest attempt to get drivers
to slow down.
Network Ten reported that the patrol cars are being left with police caps and
jackets on the seats to try to fool drivers into thinking they are manned.
