Talking further on National Road Safety Week starting today – a time
surely to reflect on the current poor driving standard in this state, The
campaign is national however we still don’t have a set of national road
rules – individual states still singing from a different hymn book. National
Road Safety Week is the work of Peter Frazer who daughter Sarah was
tragically killed by a truck driver in a totally avoidable crash on the Hume
Highway at Mittagong in Feb 2012 when her car broke down. Tow truck
driver Geoffrey Clark and Sarah were loading her car when they were killed
by the passing truck. Soon after N.S.W. expanded the road rule requiring
drivers to slow down to 40km/h for emergency responders to also include
tow truck and roadside assistance workers. Amazingly, Victoria only
announced this week that from July 1 the current road rule requiring
drivers and motorcycle riders to slow down to 40km/h for police, fire, and
ambulance would be expanded - now including tow trucks, roadside
assistance and incident response vehicles displaying flashing lights. It
beggars’ belief that after Sarah Frazer’s tragic death in 2012 it’s taken
Victoria 13 years to implement a road rule which surely should have been
national road rule from Day 1. I’m David Berthon

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National Road Safety Week kicks off today, a time to reflect on the current
poor driving standard in this state, National Road Safety Week the project
of Peter Frazer whose daughter Sarah was tragically killed by a truck driver
in a totally avoidable crash on the Hume Highway at Mittigong in February
2012. Since then, Peter has devoted his life to improving road safety -
founding SARAH, standing for Safer Australian Roads and Highways. The
driving force behind Australia’s National Road Safety Week and the road
safety symbol the Yellow Ribbon. A campaign suggesting you wear a
yellow ribbon on yourself and your car to show your support and make a
pledge on the SARAH website – “to drive so others survive” – to me given
the total disregard by many motorists to road safety wearing a yellow
ribbon on yourself and your car is far too weak a message to what is a
worsening problem year on year. We’ve just had two long weekends with
increased fatalities and numerous injuries. It’s clear there has been
substantial vehicle growth in N.S.W. – a lot of new drivers mainly from
overseas with poor knowledge of our road rules and driving conditions –
you witness it almost daily – driver behavior and attitude is at an all-time
low, and driver education and compliance testing is in need of a radical
overhaul. I’m David Berthon

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Perhaps indicative of the hard trading conditions and highly competitive
new vehicle market Mazda has taken the axe to pricing on its CX-60 SUV.
Up to $5,560 has been shaved from some models in the luxury CX-60 line-
up - now priced from $53,990 drive-away while six new variants have been
added across the Pure and Touring grades. First launched in 2023 the
Mazda CX-60 was criticised for its harsh ride and twitchy gear shifts. As
such the update brings new rear springs and dampers, revised stability
controls and a recalibrated 8-speed automatic transmission. Plus, all
models now get a 360-degree camera and front cross traffic alert.
Specification has been added right across the Mazda CX-60 range which is
the best seller in the medium SUV segment above $60,000, ahead of the
Lexus NX and the Kia EV5. I’m David Berthon

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