NSW state's road toll like a death toll from a tsunami

smh.com.au
"So few lives have been saved on NSW roads in the past five years that the State Government is reviewing its aim of cutting the road toll by 200 deaths a year, a goal it now has little hope of achieving. Paul Gibson - chairman of the Government's road safety watchdog, the Staysafe committee - said the state's road toll remained devastatingly high and much more could be done to save lives."

Earlier: Roads Minister, Joe Tripodi