Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand and the USA all spend more than Western Australia per person on road safety education, and make a point of consulting with motorists rather than treating them like naughty children. It will have little or no impact on travel time or travel routines. In a typical trip for a commuter from one of Perth's suburbs to the city, only a couple of minutes of the 20 minute or so journey would be on local roads. People can continue to use the routes they are accustomed to without any significant effect on the time taken to travel from A to B. Critics who claim drivers will use more fuel are wrong they'll use a little less if anything. Lower speed limits on local roads will mean less noise and more pleasant, safer suburbs.
Traffic calming is effective but is also cost prohibitive and impractical in many cases.
Actually, wherever road sculpturing has been introduced, the average traffic speed has fallen significantly - with no enforcement costs. Further, road sculpturing can be introduced on a progressive basis in all local councils simultaneously in association with other urban improvements such as underground power lines. Further, road sculpturing always enhances real estate values wherever it is done - and it often encourages other urban improvements in addition to the tree planting which almost always goes along with it. Western Australia can now see into the minds of road users more accurately than ever before. The Road Safety Council's comprehensive research program uses the most experienced market researchers in Australia to provide information, insight and feedback into attitudes and habits.