NSW: Hard hitting road safety campaign targets rural NSW

AAP General News (Australia)
01-14-2000
NSW: Hard hitting road safety campaign targets rural NSW

SYDNEY, Jan 14 AAP - A hard-hitting campaign targeting speeding in rural New South
Wales will begin on Sunday in a move to curb a rise in deaths on country roads.

Launching the $1.3 million campaign today, NSW Acting Roads Minister Morris Iemma said
376 people died on country roads last year - 19 more than in 1998.

The majority of deaths were caused by motorists speeding in 100 kph zones with 85 per
cent of accidents occurring on road bends.

The road safety campaign will feature a series of "hard-hitting" television and …