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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 4 Hansard (30 March) . . Page.. 1145 ..
MR RUGENDYKE (3.27): Mr Speaker, we have had a very interesting debate over a number of trivial things concerning rule 213. The national road rules have lots to do with the road rules in the ACT. There may be some that are specific to the ACT and others that are specific to other places. Who, for example, knew that you had to abide by rule 212 if you were entering or leaving a median strip? Put your hand up if you knew that you could only go forward. I did not. I will bet that no-one else did. Did you know that if you park in the middle of Bougainville Street in Manuka, where you can park in the middle, you are not allowed to back out of your parking spot? I will bet that no-one knew that. There are some silly things in these rules. Put up your hand if you know what is a hook turn. No-one knows, but we have to go through this charade.
Mr Speaker, the one thing I simply cannot abide is having to lock my car when I am at a petrol station. What a ludicrous thing to have to do! Mr Speaker, as a compromise in this very tedious and difficult debate, I propose to move an amendment to Mr Hargreaves' motion - - -
Ms Tucker: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would like you to be consistent. There were two conversations going on then. Mr Humphries did not even hear a question in question time and you pulled me up and pulled up Mr Rugendyke.
Mr Wood: And me.
Ms Tucker: And Mr Wood. If you are introducing rules, be consistent.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Ms Tucker. I uphold your complaint. It is perfectly in order. Members, if you want to have conversations, please go outside. That is what the lobbies are for. It is very difficult to hear people speaking if conversations are going on all over the place. Mr Rugendyke is raising an important point about an amendment. He will sign the original shortly and, therefore, will be able to submit it.
MR RUGENDYKE: Mr Speaker, I move the following amendment to Mr Hargreaves' motion:
Proposed new regulation 16A, after "rule 213" insert "(4) (b)".
The amendment simply says that we no longer have to lock the doors of our cars when we get petrol - a crazy and ludicrous idea. Mr Speaker, I commend my amendment to the Assembly and trust that it will be seen in the light in which it is meant - as a compromise.
MR OSBORNE
(3.31): I wish to speak briefly to the amendment, Mr Speaker. I will be voting against it because, as I said earlier, either you have national road rules or you do not; but I do think that Mr Rugendyke's proposal, if you move away from the issue of national road rules, is quite sensible. The rest of Part 4 is worth supporting. Requiring people to remove their car keys is a sensible thing. It is probably a safety issue as well. Leaving children in a car with the key in the ignition can be hazardous. Leaving your car
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