{"id":90592,"date":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/nsw-roads-minister-more-interested-in-revenue-raising-than-hoverboard-research\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","slug":"nsw-roads-minister-more-interested-in-revenue-raising-than-hoverboard-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/nsw-roads-minister-more-interested-in-revenue-raising-than-hoverboard-research\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Roads Minister More Interested In Revenue Raising Than Hoverboard Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COMMENT: The NSW Government is doing some great things, but occasionally along comes a really dipstick Minister who is more interested in raising revenue than taking an objective look at an issue.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;\">Take Duncan Gay the Minister for Roads, who really is, Mr kill joy, a man who is obsessed with collecting revenues from just about anything that moves, he calls it &#8220;safety&#8221; but most residents know that it is all about revenue raising.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">His latest cash grab target is Hoverboards. &nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Then you have the Premier Mike Baird who is responsible for the Barrangaroo portfolio where at the weekend Panasonic photographer Ken Duncan was threatened to for simply taking pictures of the new Sydney precinct.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He was told he needed a permit another fund raising initiative, by a Government that spends millions trying to get publicity for NSW, and Sydney.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">As for Duncan Gay he claims that a hoverboard is a &#8220;contraption&#8221; he has deemed them are illegal on NSW roads and footpaths &#8211; and anyone caught breaking the law he claims will cop a fine of up to $637.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"530\" height=\"300\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/670qq1mt_embeded_image_1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"530\">Roads Minister Duncan Gay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be the Christmas Grinch but I want people to know and send a message that these new toys have real safety concerns.&#8221;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Really, what would he know?&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">I suspect he has never ridden a hoverboard let alone done any research into Hoverboards as there are very few in the Country.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">We asked the Minister&#8217;s PR spin doctors as he is a Minister who &#8220;Lovvvvvves&#8221; seeing himself in the media, as to what research was done or even considered prior to his statement on the issue.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The comment that was sent back came from Bernard Carlon the Acting Executive Director for Road Safety.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He said &#8220;Hover Boards don&#8217;t have adequate brakes, lights or warning indicators, and can be difficult to control, meaning they can&#8217;t interact safely with other people on the road&#8221;.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">This is despite the fact that one only has to lean back to stop the device.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He then went on to say &#8220;Riders endanger pedestrians on footpaths &#8211; Hoverboards are capable of hitting 26km\/hour and with some being 20 times more powerful than legal electric bicycles&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He added &#8220;Riders endanger themselves on roads because they&#8217;re unprotected around other vehicles like cars and trucks&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Really!<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">What about cyclists who jump lights ride through pedestrian crossings, ride on pavements and weave in and out of traffic.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;These riders take risks way beyond what a Hoverboard rider could ever do.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Carlon claims The Centre for Road Safety is working with its counterparts across the country to figure out how and where people can use hover boards safely, and develop national laws and safety standards for personal electric transport devices.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He did not nominate which other State or Territory are doing research and at this stage SmartHouse cannot find one Government department that is researching Hoverboards.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;&#8220;Until we can make sure hover boards are safe to use, we won&#8217;t take any risks. People wanting to ride hover boards can use them on private property&#8221;.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">In other word&#8217;s they have done no research on the issue of Hoverboards but they are looking to raise revenue.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">On Thursday, California passed legislation that allow the use of electric skateboards and other motorised, wheeled devices such as &#8220;Hoverboards&#8221; anywhere bicycles are allowed, reversing earlier legislation which banned the vehicles.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">They actually went out and did research.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Now roads Minister Gay has a perfect opportunity to win some friends and put to real use, the hundreds of kilometres of cycle paths that are springing up all over NSW.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Are hoverboard riders any more dangerous than a cyclist who weaves in and out of traffic at speeds significantly faster than what a hoverboard will do.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">As a kid I remember building billy carts and then speeding down hills, my biggest problem was my mother when I used my school shoes as a break.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Then we use to roller blade along the pavement without any fear of getting nicked. And while we wore knee pads we did not wear helmets.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Remember this is a Government who controls the National Parks where board riders plough into skiers. With some serious consequences.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">There is no fines for them.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Last week California passed legislation that takes effect on 1 January 2016.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The new law, called AB 604, defines &#8220;electrically motorised boards&#8221; as a new legal category (characterised by moving no faster than 32klm per hour, carrying only one person, and being no bigger than 152cm by 45.7cm), California also allows people to ride them on public streets.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;It also requires the rider to wear a helmet, and bans their use of while under the influence of drink or drugs.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">If Gay adopted this approach he could put all those hidden speed trucks to further use hunting down speeding hoverboard riders.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The bill is specifically aimed at legalising electric skateboards similar to the one now being sold by Harvey Norman and JB Hi Fi.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Landowners still have the right to bar use of the devices which means that LA airport is persona non grata for all those Aussies taking their Hoverboards on holiday, though you will have a problem passing them off as baggage as the Lithium batteries that Hoverboards use are banned by a lot of airlines, including Qantas.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">If Gay was serious about winning over younger voters and those who actively engage in adventure sports and fitness activities, Gay obviously doesn&#8217;t partake of such activities, he would have seriously considered this issue instead of delivering his verbal spray on the issue of Hoverboard use.&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">What he has done is come over as an old fart, a Minister who is out of touch with technology and where technology is going.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">I seriously suspect that he is one of those Ministers that struggles to use a smartphone let alone understand the technology behind a hoverboard that is no more dangerous than a person on a pushbike, especially those who ride bicycles along pavement.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Here we have Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talking about innovation and technology. Then we have young Wyatt Roy who is keen to promote technology, innovation and products like Hoverboards.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">As for Gay he will spend Xmas counting the millions flowing in from speed cameras that snap one doing 55klm an hour in a 50 klm zone.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMENT: The NSW Government is doing some great things, but occasionally along comes a really dipstick Minister who is more interested in raising revenue than taking an objective look at an issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":91462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-comment-archive","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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