While not specifically about the NRMA Board Elections I wanted to draw your attention to a report just released by NRMA Insurance that 1 in 5 Australians regularly fail to use a seat-belt:

Women are significantly more likely to wear seat belts, with 89 per cent claiming to always wear them, compared with only 76 per cent of men. The survey, conducted by Woolcott Research for NRMA Insurance, found 18 per cent of the 1000 respondents said they didn't always wear a seat belt.

The figure increased to 37 per cent among young people aged 16 to 24.

Excuses given for not buckling up included having just undergone surgery, could not be bothered, finding them uncomfortable, being on private property or forgetting

I really can't understand how anyone could fail to use a seat-belt. I mean, come on people, it's dead-easy to do and pretty handy in a crash. I'd just feel like a fool if I couldn't be bothered belting up and ended up severly injured as a result. And I certainly couldn't express to you here how I feel about parents who don't ensure that their kids are strapped in.

So that's my public service announcement for the day.