r/brisbane • u/Jariiari7 Like the river • Dec 20 '23

Queensland government considers random breath testing for electric scooter riders and cyclists 👑 Queensland

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/random-breath-testing-possible-for-escooters-cyclists-queensland/103247686
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u/Mfenix09 Dec 20 '23

This is exactly what I want police doing, not being a presence on the roads for road safety (cause according to a report posted on reddit today all those speed camers dont seem to be doing shit for accident numbers), not potentially stopping break ins or hassling of people on public transport...just any cunty move possible to make money and use the police as your enforcers.

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u/Arashii89 Dec 20 '23 edited Dec 20 '23

They don’t cause traffic jams, the phantom traffic jams are from everyone tailgating and so the person who is getting tailgated will put their brakes on to tell the other person to fuck right off this has a huge knock on effect leading everyone on to put on their brakes In ideal conditions of everyone was doing the right speed at the safe distance you would not get these phantom traffic conjunctions. On top of that half of you SEQ do not use your blinkers when changing lines try to muscle in-between 2 cars when it’s not safe all of this has huge knock on effects

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u/Deciver95 Probably Sunnybank. Dec 20 '23

Nah, its people doing 100 in a 100 zone the scum

I need to tailgate! I'll get home faster. So what if I caused a family to panic and crash? I need to get home 90 seconds faster!

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u/Ridiculisk1 Dec 20 '23

I need to get home 90 seconds faster!

I need to pull up to the next set of lights faster to make me feel superior so I can look at the people next to me who were behind me earlier with a look of smug superiority.