Letter to the Editor: The issue of abandoned cars

DEAR News Of The Area,

HOW many times have we all driven past stolen or abandoned cars left sitting on the roadside for weeks – sometimes even months?

These vehicles, often still displaying number plates and marked with police tape or hazard stickers, are left to deteriorate.

In many cases, they are stripped for parts or eventually set alight.

Worse still, this often happens on sealed road shoulders, causing damage to the bitumen and creating additional repair costs for ratepayers.

Can anyone explain why this happens so frequently?

Why do authorities appear slow to act, and why do vehicle owners seem uninterested in retrieving their property before it’s beyond repair?

Surely there’s a better system we could be using to address this unsightly and potentially dangerous problem.

Regards,
Trevor PIGOT,
Orara Valley.