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- Read the story: Surge in e-transport injuries prompts govt inquiry
This story is the perfect example of why we need less bureaucrats. Before e-scooters were ever allowed on our roads, a group of bureaucrats would have done a review, gone to the politicians and recommended that they be given the green light.
How could anyone at that stage not even consider the fact there could be any safety concerns? Or what about the costs to our health system in having to attend to injuries they may cause? Of course, we won’t mention the deaths.
Years later, some bright spark finally decides we need regulations on how to manage them but of course there are already a plethora of e-scooters on our roads that go beyond the legal limits now set and, of course, any teenagers who have been riding these overpowered scooters are just going to slow down and stick to the rules because that was what we all did as teenagers.
So how do we solve the problem? We have an inquiry that will create more work for bureaucrats to waste time and money on trying to figure out how to fix an obvious problem that they missed in the first place.
What a great way to keep yourself employed.
Colin Flynn, Pelican Waters
Your article on clamping down of e-bike and e-scooters shows children riding behind a police car.
How could that police officer not see in his rear-view mirror how these children were riding all over the road, including one wheeling and doing tricks?
You say the police are going to do more. Then why was the officer driving that police car not doing more? They only have to go near any high school on the Coast to see what they are doing.
Someone is going to be killed and it looks like it is going to take that for someone to take a good hard look.
Carrol White, Palmwoods
- Read the story: Coast MPs set to return despite swing against party
The champion of nuclear power, Ted O’Brien, held his seat quite comfortably on a two-party preferred basis.
This leads me to believe that the majority of people in Fairfax know who they are voting for, but they certainly don’t know what they are voting for.
GJ Cee, Mount Coolum
- Read the story: Minister responds to passage water quality concerns
I think the council should update its information regarding Bulcock Beach. There are no strong tidal currents, but there are other more concerning issues regarding water quality.
Don’t enter the water if you have any skin breaches, that’s a definite. Or is it like the Jaws film: “there’s no sharks” because tourism comes first.
Cathy Guest
- Outdated infrastructure
I have lived at Beerburrum for the past 16 years. Although there has been enormous growth in our council area with development and, consequently, rates income from that, there still is no movement on installing sewerage to the southern end of the region.
Surely, in 2025, we deserve to share in the spoils from interstate immigration to our beautiful region.
Jenny Donovan, Beerburrum
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