Speed trial put to the test IN last week’s Voice letters, Tom Goode requested that I provide information on whether Vincent council’s proposed 40kmh trial on residential streets in the southern neighbourhoods of Vincent is supported by any evidence and how the outcomes will be measured. We do know that current research shows lowering of…

Motor mouth VINCENT council is misleading its citizens again. A “trial” has been announced. This one is to lower speed limits to 40kmh in a swathe of minor streets in the south-east section of Vincent. The evidence to justify this “trial” is thinner than someone wanting to share a bank account windfall in Nigeria. Like…

AIDS in name fuels stigma THE Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Perth support the calls from HIV+ people for the WA AIDS Council to change their name at the forthcoming AGM to reflect the new medical reality that allows positive people to live longer, healthier lives while not transmitting HIV, when on treatments and not dying…

Main objection IN his letter “Signs help slow cars” (Voice, July 14, 2018), Andrew Main did not identify himself as one of the two lobbyists for the Streets for 40 group. Why not? His view is therefore biased. Mr Main provides no evidence that speed display signs are “an effective option”. His second option of having local government…

Parents slow to act I FIND this debate regarding speed limits a worthy discussion as it sparks awareness relative to the local community. Andrew Main raised some lovely points in his letter “Signs help slow cars” in last week’s Voice. What I don’t like is the idea that a few people seem to know what…

Signs help slow cars IN relation to the letter from Hope Alexander “Vincent going nowhere slow” (Voice, July 7, 2018). There is no doubt that the lack of speed enforcement on local roads is an issue that governments seem to have placed in the too hard basket. Given the vast number and length of local…

Vincent going nowhere slow REGARDING the proposed 40kmh speed limit across the whole City of Vincent, there has been a 40kmh speed limit in Carr and Cleaver streets for some time now. It is not monitored and has done nothing to reduce speeds. Daily I see and hear traffic speeding along these narrow streets, which are…

Take a stand DROUGHT: the word causes shivers of fear in many Australians, particularly those in the bush. A 2015 poll found that people were more worried about drought than any other consequence of climate change. Now farmers are complaining that the big dry means that they are having to “de-stock” or, in plain English,…

Discretion, please REGARDING your article “Hawk-eye, please…” (Voice, May 26, 2018) and the accompanying photo of eight members of the Maylands Tennis Club, taken in 2014. I am personally offended by the inappropriate inclusion of the photo as the article inferred that the people pictured were ‘freeloaders’ on the people of Bayswater, as the Bayswater…

Streets of gold REGARDING Geraldine Box’s letter “Timely Trial” in last week’s Voice, commenting on Emma Cole lobbying for a 40kmh trial in South Ward. Why not push for 20kmh instead? That would definitely make the roads safer. As for “…healthier and better connected matrix of local streets…”, I don’t really understand what that means.…