Zagorath@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoIt took years to come up with a plan to cut road deaths, and just 11 days to kill itwww.smh.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIt took years to come up with a plan to cut road deaths, and just 11 days to kill itwww.smh.com.auZagorath@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s really expensive, and they’re lightly used as most people are using the highways. It’s hard to justify the expense
minus-squareYeahToast@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSure, I can see how expense is not equal (especially comparing infrastructure use say compared to an Asian country)… but a lot of the rural roads are how you access farms and farms are fairly important.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSure, but access doesn’t need to be at 100km/h. You only lose a few minutes at each end going from a rural road to a well maintained one at 80
That’s really expensive, and they’re lightly used as most people are using the highways. It’s hard to justify the expense
Sure, I can see how expense is not equal (especially comparing infrastructure use say compared to an Asian country)… but a lot of the rural roads are how you access farms and farms are fairly important.
Sure, but access doesn’t need to be at 100km/h. You only lose a few minutes at each end going from a rural road to a well maintained one at 80