WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1982
MR SCOTT EXPRESSED HOPE THAT BY TACKLING RECKLESS DRIVING, WHICH REFERS TO THE MANNER OR ACT OF DRIVING IN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND NOT WHETHER ANYONE WAS IN DANGER, INROADS COULD BE MADE INTO THE TRAGIC TOLL OF ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROADS. IN 1981, HE SAID, 478 PEOPLE DIED AND 23 602 PEOPLE WERE INJURED ON OUR ROADS.
MR SCOTT SAID RECKLESS DRIVERS WERE NOT BEING SINGLED OUT FOR ATTENTION. THE BILL ALSO PROVIDED THAT PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WHO ACTED RECKLESSLY WERE SUBJECT TO FINES.
HE HAD GONE INTO THIS POINT AT SOME LENGTH BECAUSE IT HAD AROUSED FEARS AMONG PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS IN PARTICULAR THAT THE LAW WAS TO BE UNNECESSARILY STRENGTHENED TO THE IR DETRIMENT.
+ DO NOT THINK THAT LAW-ABIDING, SENSIBLE DRIVERS HAVE ANYTHING TO FEAR AND HOPE THAT MEMBERS WILL AGREE THAT ANY DRIVER, PROFESSIONAL OR OTHERWISE, WHO DRIVES RECKLESSLY SHOULD BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT BEFORE A COURT, HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
MEDIA HAVE IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY HAYE
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THE MASS MEDIA HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN KEEPING STUDENT SUICIDE IN PERSPECTIVE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON COLVYN HAYE, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN, MR HAYE SAID THAT FOR EVERY TRAGIC BREAKDOWN THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HAPPY, HEALTHY CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEARNT TO HANDLE STRESS IN THE IR HOMES, SCHOOLS AND IN OUR BUSTLING, BUSY WORLD.
+THEY HAVE DONE THIS WITH THE HELP OF LOVING PARENTS, CARING TEACHERS AND A CONCERNED SOCIETY. BUT THEY HAVE DONE IT MOST OF ALL. I WOULD SUGGEST, BY COURAGE AND COMMON SENSE AS INDIVIDUALS, + HE SAID.
MR HAYE SAID THE GOVERNMENT, AS A CARING AND COMPASSIONATE ADMINISTRATION, IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDES AMONG STUDENTS.
HE ADDED: +ONE STUDENT SUICIDE IS ONE TOO MANY, BUT WITHOUT DETRACTING IN ANY WAY FROM THE TRAGEDY, I WOULD SAY THAT THE VERY FEW STUDENT SUICIDES WE HAVE HAD IN RECENT YEARS DO NOT REPRESENT AN INCIDENCE IN THE SENSE OF EVO CR GRCATH.+
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