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The deaths of five young pedestrians in NSW in less than two months has prompted leading road trauma surgeons to speak out, fed up with having to see the horrific end result of accidents on their operating tables. Road safety experts and victims have joined their call for change, demanding Âtighter laws and stricter Âenforcement. Seventeen-year-old Adam Ghoz died after he was struck by a van at Casula while walking with a friend on January 7. Two days earlier, in Wellington, two boys - Sheldon Shorey, 6, and his seven-year-old brother Shane - were killed as they walked home from a local pool.
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Reading NSW Police s reports on the annual Christmas and New Year road safety blitz is like watching the old Looney Tunes character Road Runner narrowly escaping death after crashing into a cement wall with only a beep, beep .
It is hard to believe more of the 3217 people caught speeding and involved in 228 major crashes over the past few days don t have a funeral in their family s future.
So far, we have had one fatality. Yet well-established research shows crashing between 90 km/h and 100 km/h is barely survivable even in a five-star car. Unlike video games and cartoons, there is no replay.
Step up: walking is undercounted
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The Morrison government has been urged to change the wording of a question in next year s census to better count Australians walking to work, with the current formulation described as confusing.
Walking is included as an option in the regular question about how Australians made their way to work on census day. Respondents are asked to mark all the methods they used for travel, including train, bus, ferry, tram, taxi, car, motorbike and bicycle.
But campaigners say the option for pedestrians – walking only – is confusing, leading respondents to believe they can not report travel on foot in combination with other modes such as cars or public transport.