Qld Driving in 2019

Drivers in Brisbane are appalling. 

There are some possible causes like interstate and overseas drivers being more aggressive or too casual as in their own states or countries; bad road design; insufficient expenditure on key transport/growth roads (like the WESTERN CORRIDOR en route to the gas fields near Roma); aggressive P platers especially ladies; mobile phone use while driving (also puttting makeup on and eating/talking on the way to work). All mean less concentration on a task that DEMANDS FULL ATTENTION.

Here are my ideas for what we need do NOW:

1. NOT do another study or report
2. bring back 90km limiters to:
1. all trucks
2. all 4WD vehicles (tradies are probably the worst drivers we have) 
3. all delivery and courier vans
4. have this mandated across the country to avoid registered a truck in VIC with no 90km limit then driving it in Qld).
3. Ask what the Heavy Vehicle Authority does. Like most of our regulators they hopeless in enforcing anything. Truckies still have enormous time pressure on them which drives their bad behaviour to ordinary motorists. Having the technology to track trucks was supposed to allow reasonable times (say 16 hours from Brisbane to Sydney with regulated breaks) to be followed but seems to have worsened the time-is-money and drive-like-a-maniac culture. Many truckies die every year due to this.
4. Ask what RACQ actually does in terms of lobbying for change and road safety. Again, seems like a poorly run organisation that can deliver petrol, replace your battery and get you going but not much in the road safety space.
5. REQUIRE car manufacturers to have their role in safety by:
1. not just make faster and faster cars
2. design Bluetooth-blocking devices so mobile phones can only be used in a cradle. Even talking on a headset or speakerphone means much less than 100% attention.
6. Have the government install cameras to capture people using mobile phones and hit them with a $500 standard driver find and a $5,000 commercial driver.
7. Have the government DESIGN better roads with:
1. adequate # of lanes based on revenue the road brings in (road to Roman is a disgrace and much underfunded
2. make roundabouts a decent size like the UK
3. make merge kanes more than 10 metres
4. install signs of an approriate size and distance from exit to help flow and safety
5. STOP DESIGNING MERGE-MERGE-MERGE FREEWAYS LIKE WESTERN
6. STOP DESIGNING **DANGEROUS** CRISS-CROSS ROADS - MANY PLACES LIKE CENTENARY HIGHWAY INBOUND NEAR SUMNER ROAD.
7. STOP "DESIGNING MORE AND MORE ENCLOSED AND SMALLER ROADABOUT DESIGNS WHICH ARE LIKE THAT TO SUPPORT TINY BIKE LANES AND OTHER MYSTERY REQUIRMENTS 
8. look at what the USA had 30 years ago and ask themselves some serious DESIGN questions.
8. look at how Japan and Germany design roads PROPERLY
9. think outside the 3 year election cycle.