New state has introduced a new traffic rule: when passing through emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, police vehicles, fire engines, the speed must be reduced to 40 km / h, violators will be imposed a severe fine.
At the time, it was asserted that the rule was extremely unreasonable, especially on roads or highways with higher speed limits, and that it was more likely to cause traffic accidents by lowering the speed of the vehicle hastily.
No doubt, just a few days later, there was a car accident.
According to DailyMail, there was a traffic accident in the Raleigh area on the northern coast of the new state recently, mainly because a police car was seen on the road when the police car sounded a siren and was intercepting a car in front of it.
The driver immediately remembered the latest traffic regulations, and immediately tried to slow down when the rear car did not respond, and a rear-end crash took place.
The driver said he was upset: according to the law, I did the right thing when the police car was on, and if I didn't slow down, I would have been deducted three points and paid a fine of $448. So I tried to slow down the speed below 40km/h. That's how the accident happened!
Many people have spoken about the irrationality of the system, especially when road congestion and speed are too fast, sudden deceleration is prone to accidents.
One netizen also left a message saying: this system must harm far more people than save people!
Previous data also seem to confirm the idea that South Australia has been enforcing the rules since 2014, and 42 traffic accidents have occurred because of this.
But the rules, which have been in operation for a long time in other Australian states, have not been abolished.
The new state government's response is that the rule will run on trial for 12 months, and whether it will be extended depends on fitness.
Will this rule be more harmful than saving people as described by netizens?