Posted by admin on 06/26/07 in Traffic Safety Issues
ABC Online: Judge criticises law-makers over negligence jail terms
A Victorian County Court judge has criticised law-makers over the maximum jail terms for people found guilty of negligently causing serious injury. During sentencing this morning of Colin Gibbs Wilson from Bayswater over a road rage incident, Judge Thomas Wodak called for an [...]
Posted by admin on 06/26/07 in Traffic Safety Issues
The West: Father jailed despite daughter’s pleas
A road rage driver is behind bars for causing brain damage to his nine-year-old daughter, despite her teenage sister’s pleas to a judge to spare their father from jail. Colin Wilson, 40, of Bayswater, was involved in a road rage incident and ensuing smash on Stud Road, Rowville, in [...]
Posted by admin on 06/25/07 in Opinion Pieces/Articles, Positive Spin, Sustainable Transport Issues
Globe and Mail: Bogota’s urban happiness movement – From living hell to living well: A radical campaign to return streets from cars to people in Colombia’s largest city is now a model for the world
On a clear, cloudless afternoon, Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogota, leaves his office early in order to pick up his [...]