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The information considered by Cabinet regarding the road toll in 1986 provides striking evidence of the value of regulation and prohibition on our roads.
The efficacy of wearing of seat belts was evaluated; 14 children under 10 were killed in car crashes in 1986. Only one of these children was definitely wearing a restraint at the time (5 cases could not be determined) (Dec 50591).
Cabinet considered an evaluation of the Reduced Impaired Driving (RID) Campaign, Queensland’s first attempt at random alcohol breath testing. The trial was for six months and ended on 21 February. The evaluation dramatically demonstrated its effectiveness as a road safety measure. Compared with the same period in the previous three years, road fatalities decreased by 19.8% and in the Brisbane Statistical Division by 24.6%. Cabinet agreed to RID continuing indefinitely (Dec 50925).
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