This is 12 more fatalities than the same period in 2017, according to NSW Transport statistics. In total 392 people died on NSW roads in 2017.

The State Government has recently announced a Road Safety Plan which aims to address speeding, drink driving, drug driving, driver distraction, driver fatigue, truck safety and funding to improve safety on country roads.

Unfortunately despite every effort there are still those people who will tempt fate and break the rules.

Too often we hear of police reports about a motorist caught travelling at excessively high speeds.

In fact, only last week there was a story of a Ferrari allegedly clocked, by Wangaratta Highway Patrol, travelling at 233km/h on the Hume Freeway. Stories such as these are not uncommon.

Earlier this year a man was charged twice in one day for alleged speeding offences – this included travelling at 130kph in a 110km zone on the Hume at Mittagong and 190kph in a 110km zone later that day at Jerawa.

Clearly despite all the rules, careful planning and frightening stories the warnings will not resonate with some people.

Innocent people continue to fall victim to the reckless behaviour of those who ignore the warnings. The tragic death of all four members of the Falkholt family following a crash on the South Coast on Boxing Day 2017 is a clear reminder of this fact.

Perhaps it is time for the powers-that-be to look at more definitive ways to ensure people can’t break the rules.

In a Facebook post we made on the alleged speeding Ferrari some readers suggested penalties that should be imposed for such an offence. These included making the driver spend time volunteering in a facility where they would come to face to face with road crash victims or crushing the car.

While these suggestions would no doubt have an impact they don’t stop offenders from speeding in the first instance. While some rule breakers are caught many more are not, they remain free to offend again and create a potential threat to other road users.

Another suggestion was to “put governors on the engine” so that vehicles couldn’t exceed 110km. This seems like such a logical solution it begs the question as to why this isn’t already in place. Perhaps this is the way of the future for road safety.