The Department for Stating the Obvious

Outside of schools the roads are marked as school zones during school hours and the speed limit is 40km/h. There will be triangles painted on the road that a driver will drive over when entering a school zone. There will be a large sign stating that it is a school zone and the hours in which it is a school zone. Where electricity is plentiful there might be a large red circlular light surrounding a number 40 to let you know beyond all doubt that the speed limit is 40km/h. There are probably orange flashing lights too. In fact it would be extremely difficult to avoid coming to the conclusion that the speed limit outside of a school is 40km/h. You would have to be blind or have your head stuck up your own arse to miss it.

And yet...there are signs attached to school railings saying things like "Go 40 for me" with a picture of a child who is presumably appealing to the driver who has missed the painted triangles, signs, flashing lights and kids running all over the place. I have an idea...how about a bit of enforcement? If someone exceeds 40km/h you simply fine them and give them some points on their licence. I mean, wouldn't that work? Or does someone sit in a government department and think "well yes, there is the paint on the road, the signage and the flashing lights, but is that enough? Maybe we need another sign. Yes, yes, another sign! That will do it, and it is so much easier than enforcement!" Award yourself a pay rise why don't you.

All of the above - no parking zones by schools. It would be a revenue raiser...come on, just a little bit of ongoing enforcement. Or my plan B. Rip all the signals down and replace with one that says "You know what, do what you like."

And now this. "Swap it, don't stop it." Yes, apparently if you swap sitting for walking, indoors for outdoors and carrots for carrot cakes then you might become a bit healthier. No! Why don't they teach this at school? Why didn't someone tell me! Praise the Australian Government for edumacating me thusly! For fucks sake, do my tax dollars pay for this? Quite apart from the fact that everyone knows this already, why the fuck would an advert and website make a cakeaholic couch potato decide to get up from their pit of sloth and go for a run to the health food store to get some mung beans? We get it, we know. 

I'm already getting over this rant, so briefly...thanks to the NSW Government for the signs on buses that tell me I should be careful with my bag and not hit people in the head with it. That did help enormously because before those signs I was an ignorant fuck and now I'm cured. I would like to pay a little more tax if possible, who do I need to speak to?