I gotta agree with you mate. They are brutal on speeding in NSW where I am. I can't think of more than maybe 1 or 2 smashes I've seen that were a direct result of speeding.
The other thing that really shits me is this new 40km/h BS around schools. When I was 7 years old we were placed into this compulsory education program about road rules, and how not to get killed while your on a bike, or even walking. It made getting my Learners licence 9 years later a breeze. Now it seems like it's more financially viable to drop the speed limits, punish the drivers & collect fine money. Instead of spending money on educating the kids. That's gunna bite them on the ass in 10 years time when all these kids hit the roads with no ingrained knowledge of road safety. As for the advanced driver training, I agree to a point. The way I think it should work is that 16yo gets learners licence, completes the basic training, and goes for P licence test. Now if they pass P licence, they then should have to go on and do the advanced driving course and pass it BEFORE they are handed their P licence. Same deal when they get their second P licence a year (or 2) later, pass an advanced driving course of some sort, maybe a little more difficult than the first one. Unfortunately most P platers do all their learning and mistake making / self-taught advanced driver training while on their P's and on the public roads, and therefore write a car or 2 off, get fined a couple of dozen times, etc.. The system sucks. -----Original Message----- From: Brad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 24 October 2005 11:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Datsun collapsible steering column Hey Geordie, I have no doubt about your experiences and I had little comment except for Malcolm's "assertion" that drink driving crash statistics are somehow propoganda. The government here has demonised low level speeding and drink driving, but when the figures are analysed more carefully the figures show that inattention and inexperience are much more dangerous than doing 3km/hr over the limit. Yet nothing is being done about it. Imagine if all the speed camera cash was spent on compulsory advanced driver training for all 16 year olds. Its a dream I hold but it doesn't generate revenue nor does it generate a catch-phrase allowing the government to THINK it is doing something about the problem. And the police in this have become little more than compliant tax collectors for the government. Hell I know I'd rather cop a fine than have some senior copper put the wind up me. And I know which one is gonna slow me down... -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 21/10/2005 --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [email protected] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 21/10/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 21/10/2005 --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [email protected] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 21/10/2005
