To tell you the truth 2rismo I was educated and it didnt help me much. Luckily no one was ever hurt but i got caught a few times. If i saw good roads id weave in and out zooming home but never where there were like shops and stuff with people. Only recently have i learnt how bloody stupid i was and thank god that nothing ever happened to me, my passengers or anyone around me.
Its sad that people only learn the hard way and driver education is not the answer for a lot of people. The people who take their parents cars by themselves pre Ls and during Ls are the most at risk as they have no insurance etc but then wen they get their Ps they think they are gods on the road and are by far the biggest risk.
I know mates on their Ps who think they can do handbrake turns after pulling it up the whole way around a turn and it makes a skidding noise. They do it with unsafe numbers in the car at unsafe places and nothing will change their minds until something bad happens which is a terrible way to learn mistakes.
It was a tradegy what happened for both sides of the accident, and maybe positive outcomes will emerge from all the sadness. The only way I can think of is for P platers to have a 1 point probation type license so that if they break ONE rule even they get shoved away for a year or 6 months. This would make it easy to seek out the speeders as most new drivers take it easy and wont lose their probation point.
4 points is just too much for P platers, and P platers need to be aware that if they get caught over 30km/h over the limit, that there is an automatic license suspension for 3 months.
Things need to be done. Have a safe drive everyone and remember!!!! SLOW DOWN!!