Certainly, judging by what happened on Monday morning.

Minutes after 8am, I was driving along the roundabout at the intersection of Firebrace and McLachlan streets when I had to brake sharply as two cars reversed from the post office.

I was partly across the roundabout and another vehicle on McLachlan Street, presuming I would keep going, braked suddenly, stopping just before hitting me.

I watched for the next 15 minutes from the coffee shop opposite the post office and saw the same thing nearly happen again.

With employees of businesses collecting their mail early every morning, I imagine this would be a daily problem.

Maybe the traffic brains in the local council could look at a solution to prevent accidents.

As they say, prevention is better than cure.

Peter Sweeney, Evandale

I ASK the Horsham Rural City councillors – is it legal for the organisers of the garden festival, in Horsham on October 14, to promote and run a children’s spinning wheel?

Anyway, I believe this is morally wrong, to be grooming our children into gambling in this manner.

Next thing we know we’ll be throwing funds in to help a few problem gamblers and wonder why we have such a problem.

Come on! Let’s wise up to what we’re doing.

Neville Pope, Horsham

THE historic debate of Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill started in Parliament on Tuesday.

The Victorian Parliament is expected to hold one of its most emotional debates, with all Labor Members given a conscience vote on the legislation.

The Bill – prepared by Minister for Health Jill Hennessy and Attorney-General Martin Pakula – follows an extensive consultation process.

The Parliament’s Legal and Social Issues Committee’s Inquiry into end-of-life choices heard from more than 1000 Victorians both in person and through its submission process, while the Expert Ministerial Advisory Panel heard from more than 300 stakeholders throughout their consultations.

The legislation before Parliament delivers on the safe and compassionate framework designed by the Ministerial Advisory Panel, chaired by former AMA president and neurosurgeon Brian Owler.

It delivers on all 68 safeguards recommended by the Ministerial Advisory Panel to protect individuals and the community. The safeguards make Victoria’s model the safest, and most conservative, in the world.

The key to this framework is that it is strictly voluntary and self-administered, with doctor administration only available to those who cannot physically administer or digest the medication themselves.

Should the Bill pass Parliament, there will be an 18-month period before access to voluntary assisted dying will start to allow for the preparation of implementation.

Daniel Andrews, Victorian Premier

I REMIND Victorian MPs that in September 2015, the British House of Commons voted overwhelmingly against physician assisted suicide. The Scottish and Welsh Parliaments did likewise. 

Why? Too dangerous for the vulnerable.They took note of the escalation in doctor-procured deaths in those places like Holland, Belgium and the US state of Oregon where it has been legalised for years.

Why is the Victorian Government prepared to place at risk the lives of vulnerable Victorians?

Margaret Tighe, president, Right to Life Australia