NSW:Road casualities should be halved: NRSC

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2011
NSW:Road casualities should be halved: NRSC

An independent road safety group says targets to reduce the number of people who are
killed or seriously injured on Australia's roads don't go far enough.

The Australian Transport Council's outlined strategies aimed at reducing the number
of casualties by 30 per cent over the next 10 years in a draft report released last December.

But the National Road Safety Council .. made up of road safety experts and community
leaders .. says Australia should copy the EU and aim to halve the number of people who
die or are hurt on the nation's roads.

Council chair ROGER COOK says it'd save more than six thousand lives and prevent 160-thousand
serious injuries over the next 10 years.

Mr COOK says more police cars should be fitted with mobile radar cameras and the government
needs to focus on fixing dangerous black spots around the country.

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