Rain flood and knee jerk beaucratic insanity

Driving home from work.  There has been a little rain and Oxley Rd is flooded outside the golf driving range.  As it does from time to time.  No worries.  We drive through like we always have done.

By morning though, some well meaning bureaucratic minion has erected "Road Closed" signs and a gaggle of witches hats.  Problem is of course.  Um er.  No water on the road any more.  Just to prove it, I walked down the middle of the road as my morning exercise.

This is over government in the extreme.  Now if it were some foot deep rushing water then by all means warn people but we have been bombarded with the message that all water on roads is lethal.  Dangerous I agree.  Someone could hit this 200mm deep still water at 60km/h and spin-out but there has to be a balance.  A warning of water on the road would have been useful.  Closing the road - over reaction






Remember: Regulation Stifles Innovation.There is a role for government but it should not be to take away responsibility for our own actions nor to protect us from ourselves.

Traffic lights and round abouts both help facillitate the flow of traffic.  The rules for both are put in place by the government.  The difference is that with a round about, the drivers follow the rules to make their way.  Traffic lights on the other hand tell us when to stop and when to go.