Hi everyone,
OK boys and girls its time to stand up......
Everytime the news hits that another young person has died behind the wheel of a car (performance or not) I read everyones comments on how things should be different. From these posts it seems that most people here support the view that the driver training in this country is woefully inadequate and the government seems too gutless (or otherwise) to do anything about it.
Those of us who also attended a night with a certain V8 supercar driver, who runs his own driver training courses as a business, heard this sentiment echoed by a professional driver so we all can't be wrong! This very same professional driver has also approached many politicians (you know the people who are supposed to listen to the community) stating that the only way to stop young inexperienced drivers dying on our roads is to introduce better driver training. Their responses included 'oh that would cost too much money' or 'it would be too hard to introduce and setup' and instead came up with the ol' 'speed kills' campaign. For a start speed doesn't kill - the idiot behind the wheel does and secondly how much money would you spend to stop just one young person from dying behind the wheel??
Anyway I was on my way home last night and came across this ad placed in our newspapers asking for public submissions (see attachment) on young driver safety. NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO STAND UP AND MAKE YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS TOPIC KNOWN TO THOSE WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I urge all of you to download the document, fill it in and return it - the only way to make a difference is if we ALL speak up and the more people there are the harder it will be for the politicians to ignore this problem.