Sunday, 18 February 2018
CFA DAMNS WRB
THE CFA has spoken out on wire rope barriers delaying the fire service from bringing a grass fire on the Calder Highway under control.
On Friday, February 16, 2018, a WEEKLY TIMES survey showed 94.54% of 659 voters said local roads were not in an acceptable condition.
On Sunday, February 18, 2018, a DAILY ADVERTISER (Wagga, NSW) survey showed 72.07% of 290 voters said wire rope barriers posed a threat to all motorists on the road.
Damien
IRG
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Thursday, 8 February 2018
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS & WRB
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
ROAD TRAUMA COMMITTEE
Another wire rope barrier victim on the Calder Highway. A motorcyclist in November 2017. A car driver in January 2018. The more wire VicRoads rolls out, the more Victorians will die or be horribly injured at wire rope barrier crash sites.
VicRoads publicly admits error regarding emergency service vehicle access to properties and exposure to danger attending road crashes. VicRoads says it will “retrofit” new wire rope barriers at a cost of millions of tax dollars better spent making country roads safe.
VicRoads ignores its’ own safety guidelines when installing wire rope barriers and does not remove obsolete, dangerous anchor points. These are facts.
There is no evidence to suggest wire rope barrier is dangerous road authorities do not collect that data. Documented in Victorian Parliamentary Inquiries. See attached.
Vested interests advise Road Safety Minister Donnellan MP on wire rope barrier.
Damien Codognotto OAM
Independent Riders Group
Melbourne
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
STOP WIRE ROPE BARRIER 2
Wire rope barriers
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Ms RYAN (Euroa) (09:41:07) — I today call on the Premier and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to immediately review the tragic death of a young woman whose car hit a wire rope fence on the Calder Freeway last week. I have been told that the wire rope barrier was installed behind a fixed rail W-beam, which resulted in the driver crashing and sliding along the rope barrier and into the end of the rail barrier.
In December I stood in this house and asked the minister to halt the rollout of wire rope barriers until fears about safety could be addressed, and in January I wrote to him again outlining my concerns. I have since been told that the minister's rushed rollout of wire rope barriers has resulted in projects which do not meet safety standards and that there are not enough people to inspect and supervise the works. Trevor Owen, the assistant chief officer for the south-east region of the Country Fire Authority (CFA), has also gone public with his concerns. On 10 January he said:
Treating one safety risk can create another. Long-distance wire rope barriers along our major roads will have a consequence on firefighter safety and delay access to fires in some cases along road sides.
If that was not enough, last Friday my office received a phone call from a motorist travelling on the Hume Highway to Melbourne who saw that people were mowing the median strip between the dual carriageways with push mowers because they could not get tractors behind the wire rope barriers. Instead of investigating these concerns or agreeing to my request to halt the rollout, the minister's response was to label country people 'dingbats'.
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