{"id":31216,"date":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/penalties-for-assaulting-drivers-have-increased-but-there-s-a-problem\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","slug":"penalties-for-assaulting-drivers-have-increased-but-there-s-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/penalties-for-assaulting-drivers-have-increased-but-there-s-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Penalties for assaulting drivers have increased \u2013 but there\u2019s a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Shadow Transport Minister David Pisoni says beefed up penalties for assaulting public bus and train drivers is a good thing, but says more needs to be done to stop attacks in the first place.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe want to stop these from happening in the first place,\u201d Mr Pisoni told Leon Byner on FIVEAA. \u201cThat\u2019s the best option, rather than punishing people more who actually behave in this manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think for one minute that some drug induced person is going to even know that the penalties have even increased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTougher penalties, we hope, would reduce the number of assaults on drivers, but of course if people aren\u2019t aware of those tougher penalties there\u2019s no deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m much more interested in the deterrent than what happens afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO DAVID PISONI HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/260112296&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Pisoni said the feedback he had received from drivers was that \u201cthe physical presence of uniformed officers is the biggest deterrent ever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re frustrated that the government hasn\u2019t been talking to the drivers themselves to actually identify the routes that are most susceptible to violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that would be a terrific initiative because we want to make sure the resources are used where they\u2019re needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/power-coach-ken-hinkley-backs-his-assistant-coaches\">KEN HINKLEY SHOOTS DOWN PORT ADELAIDE RUMOUR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/offshore-patrol-announcement-makes-sa-subs-more-likely-says-premier-weatherill\">PREMIER SAYS SA SUB BUILD NOW MORE LIKELY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shadow Transport Minister David Pisoni says beefed up penalties for assaulting public bus and train drivers is a good thing, but says more needs to be done to stop attacks in the first place. \u201cWe want to stop these from happening in the first place,\u201d Mr Pisoni told Leon Byner on FIVEAA. \u201cThat\u2019s the best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leon-byner","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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