King hit

So the media jumped onto Sydney’s recent spate of king hit deaths and injuries and blew it up.

They pretty much gave all the nutters a ‘what to’ and a ‘how to’ guide. Of course the frequency of reportable events increased.

Our premier did nothing until he panicked and made up some policy on the run; that is to close the pubs and clubs at 1am. Thereby screwing a lot of businesses and our nightly entertainment

Of course every king hit was after 1 am by, or at, people that got drunk after 1 am. Nothing to do with the drugs either.

Any good old-school politician would have called a forum of interested parties and drawn the whole thing out and made it so boring that the media eventually lost interest. And then they would have done nothing. Or better still have used the cover to implement some dodgy provisions desired by the AHA.

Now that the media has flexed its muscles my prediction is that cycling deaths will be next. God knows what the premier’s over reaction will be this time. Probably he will ban cycling during peak hour.