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This is to be planned:

P-PLATERS caught driving more than 20 kmh over the speed limit would have their cars confiscated for three months under a plan the head of the police traffic command, Superintendent John Hartley, will take to government.

Superintendent Hartley announced yesterday he would push the proposal........

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/seize-...1003848112.html

Another knee jerk reaction from latest deaths? What ever happened to the no turbo laws etc? What where they to stop?

Personally I dont care if they put this to law or not but can't they have better Driver Education for kids (If any is given at school these days)?

RIP to the 15/16 year old Bondi girl.

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You know ever since the double demerits started I've seen p platers overtake me when I'm sticking under the limmit, I've seen a Honda s2k race a wrx (the wrx would have hit 180 within 250m Hume highway bankstown -> it was insanely quick!!!) and just p platers speeding yet none of them were booked nor did I see any police presence in the area, I believe rather than doing the whole defect thing and picking on little things the police need to target speeding in general it's not just p platers -> I get tail gaters and commonwhore brock wannabe's all the time overtaking me or trying to run me at the lights because they think they'll win or they can win a medal or something, but whether they are experienced or not anyone can loose control of a car, I had a commodore do a 360 right in the lane next to me when he tried to keep up in the rain!!!! Full licenced!

He ended up backwards in the other side of the road (parramatta rd) I hope he learnt his lesson intact I hope he broke a few axles or somethig when he went over the island, but I'm sure he's still TRYING to keep up, at this point I'd like to mention that I don't street race and I did not race this man he was purely trying to keep up with me and speed ahead in the rain, I'd also like to tell every SAU NSW member to obide by the road rules don't speed and don't race on the streets the less attention we draw to our club the less we get pulled over (I hope ^_^)

Some P platers out there are just Fin stupid! I had some green P plater come right up my arse in a back street last night and when I stuck to the speed limit he went on the other side of the road, took a speed hump at about 40km/h and then nearly lost it on a round about 30m up the road. The whole time I really thought I'd find this guy wrapped around a pole further up.

Driver education may help the stop splitting their cars in half but even with that there's too many variables, I've had the advanced driver training done, plus a fair few skid pan stuff (wet and dry) but still if they are going to be idiots they'll still make mistakes

Bring it on.

Just spent 10 minutes thinking why a P plater (or any driver) would need to be driving 20k's over the limit and came up with none.

To work it must be a black and white law. No judges discretion.

It would be cheaper and much more effective to install a black box in every car wearing p-plates

that logged speed and location, stored it, and dumped the data once a month via 3g to a

central computer that then analyzed for violations.

the boxes could be tamper proof and issue a "ok" signal that cops would pickup when they saw a p-plate

to make sure nobody was driving on a P with no box installed, or one that was screwed with.

If they can monitor home detentions with ankle bracelets they can do it for cars and p-platers.

they could analyze the data for a pattern of bad & dangerous driving, not small infringements.

There is always a way to tamper with the box, secondly.. it will cause an outrage. Its driving for gods sake!

They truly need to get some sort of program going for these kids who think they can rip through treads on public roads.

Others are victims, who just use the roads to get from A to B. Why should those P Platers have to pay? I'll admit, i was dumb.. i learnt my lesson ( didnt have the skyline ). Now that i do have it, i worship it.. and dont want to do anything dumb at all. But, if i do need to overtake, i do 15 over the limit max.. I know i shouldnt be at all. But its reasonable, now if that data gets caught into the system. They dont know the circumstance im under? Say it was an emergency? My dad needed to goto the hospital 3 weeks ago, and i will admit. I was doing at least 150 going through Canterbury road with hazards on and beeping my horn. It was an emergency, so what? Police are gonna' confiscate my car because i want my dad to goto hospital?

Driving is just driving. The people who abuse it on an ongoing basis should be the ones to pay. Its ridiculous that they will now want to confiscate cars.. its an easy way around.. put it under your parents name. They cannot touch the car.. they will impound it, and you get it back in 2 days time. Has happened to alot of my friends who have less brain cells than you and i.

Confiscation is just another revenue pusher, since their budget is going on a diet, and just another " yes public, we know whats going on.. here is a temporary fix to keep you tax payers happy "

If it was me, i would leave most of the driver education and discipline to the parents, who actually are the ones who turn around and buy these turbo cars for their sons just because they finished year 12.

In the end, if a child is able to absorb good driver behaviour since being an infant, then maybe.. and just maybe they will learn and try to do some 2F2F shit on the roads.

Watch the amount of licences lost when the new Fast and the Furious comes out...

MRXTCZ

I wonder how this will work...

Already at the moment P1 drivers caught for any speeding offense loose their licence...

So by taking their car away, they can't drive any car as it is (due to having no licence) so really it wouldn't achieve much?

P2 licence holders however might feel it a bit more.. If they decide to end up doing it of coarse.

I put forward a proposal some years ago that

Life Education Centre be incorporated at Year 1 High School to induct Driver Ed, via Advanced Driving School consultants.

Even Car Insurance companies would reap a long term benefit; and hence sponsor this arrangement.

No-one listened to me...

Out comes violin...

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