444-05 Scrap the new law requiring windows on parked vehicles to be fully closed in northern, central and western Queensland

Eligibility - Electors of the Division of Charters Towers
Principal Petitioner:
W A Edmondson
8 New Queens Road
CHARTERS TOWERS QLD 4820
Total Signatures - 602
Sponsoring Member: Shane Knuth MP
Posting Date: 09/03/2005
Tabled Date: 09/03/2005
Referred to: Referred Minister on 10/03/2005
Responded By: Hon Paul Lucas MP on 25/07/2005
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

This petition of the electors of Charters Towers draws the attention of the House to the new law requiring windows on parked vehicles to be fully closed, park brakes engaged and keys removed from the vehicle. This takes no account of Queensland’s hot climate and the impact these laws have, particularly on the elderly, the infirm and families with young children.

Your petitioners therefore request the House as a matter of urgency to scrap the application and enforcement of these laws in northern, central and western Queensland as they are impractical and contrary to basic commonsense. Leaving windows slightly open stops temperature build up which can reach in excess of 60C in closed vehicles in summer. This law, if enforced, is an impediment upon our freedom and will hurt law-abiding citizens who are not speeding, drink-driving, nor parking illegally. Police efforts should be better focussed on deterring real crime.