well i have read all this thread & to be honest i haven't read 1 post about why this sort of thing keeps happening, yes this time it was a P plater in Skyline so media beats it up big time, but what about the old guy that mowed down the kindy & he was in a comm.
the problem is all the gov's because they will not make any rule that has major voter back lash & doesn't earn them some $$.
1. our roads are just overloaded with amount of pop we have & road toll just keeps going up (if the number of people that die on our roads each year was caused by war etc the gov would take action because voters would make them)
2. driver training is crap for new drivers & proof of this is the amount of times people fail but can just rebook & go again, prac makes perfect but if they had to try so hard just to pass the test what about real world driving with unknown's)
3. there is no recourse for bad drivers & i don't mean drivers who are doing things that are ilegal, i mean bad bloody drivers that do way under speed limits etc like my 81 year old mother.
4. police not knowing rules & bulshit fines so people start 2nd guessing everything they do.
5. once you pass driving test get lic there is no more tests (unless you lose lic) untill your over 70 something & then it's just a letter from your doc saying you can drive ffs does any bloody doc go for a real drive with these people.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE & MOST WONT LIKE IT.
1. age limit increased to 18 for lic
2. reflex testing every lic renewal & if fail no lic (most people over 70 would fail)
they say now to drive a car in syd you need reaction time of a fighter pilot, well i can tell you if most drivers out there where fighter pilots we would have no air force.