He has more reason than most to want to be heard - his family was involved in a head-on collision last week near Termeil.

All survived, but the psychological scars remain. Just ask Mr Newton’s little girl.

“She keeps seeing it and doesn’t want another crash to happen,” he said.

Now, the family wants what the NRMA asked for years ago – wire dividers to the Victorian border.

Seven people have died in head-on collisions on the highway since Boxing Day – and others have been injured.

Meanwhile, our MPs say we are in a funding traffic jam, stuck behind North Coast motorists for another two years.

For a good news road story, we turn to three gutsy and compassionate women: Ashlee Smart, Lee Connell and Gemma Green. The Batemans Bay Visitor Centre colleagues were on a training walk today from the Bay to Moruya. Find out why here. The triumphant trio is pictured below on the road, and at their destination. You go, girls!