What cost is a life?
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How many more lives need to be lost before decisive action is taken?
These are the very valid questions being posed by the family of Michael Gorman who died in a head-on collision on Picton Road in March last year.
The family spoke to the Illawarra Mercury on Thursday following yet another fatal crash on the same notorious stretch of road during the week.
This week’s crash happened just metres from the site where Mr Gorman’s body was found in the burnt out cabin of his car carrier after a crash with a B-Double just north of the intersection with MacArthur Drive near Wilton.
Mr Gorman’s heartbroken family have called for jersey barriers to be installed for the entire length of Picton Road.
“No one should have to go through the heartache that we go through every day,” Mr Gorman’s brother Michael told our reporter Ashleigh Tullis.
“If the safety barriers save just one life then that will make a difference.
“Another young man was killed on Wednesday,” Michael’s mother Beverley added.
“His life could have been spared if there had been barriers and his family would not have to go through what we go through.
“Something needs to be done to the road.”
Road barriers of different types are used across New South Wales as a way of limiting the severity or crashes on roads.
The measure the family is calling for would no doubt save lives.
Yet an approach to Roads and Maritime Services resulted in the government body responsible confirming there were no plans to review the safety measures on Picton Road.
Many people who drive Picton Road would appreciate the situation.
It is a road with an increasingly high volume of traffic and conditions at times can be treacherous.
If the NSW Government is not yet prepared to review the road and the safety measures in place for it, then perhaps another key question should be asked.
How many lives will it take?
