Twice as Many P platers died this year than last - Power Restrictions

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by Nemesis737

Out of all these statistics placed forward to us, I cannot remember the last time that I saw how many accidents and fatalities that people over 25 were involved.....

If the roles were reversed, and you were an 18yr old told that you can't drive a car you just bought, or pretty much that you had no skill of driving, What would you say? Sure, most people will say that they understand and are fine with it, but 90% of people I recon would feel the same way as the youth...

One thing I don't get is that if the RTA adds a car to the banned car list, it is the responsibility of the community to regularly check it to see if their car has miraculously became banned...

The curfews are just stupid. When I was under 18 I was the family bus when we went over to friends places/restaurants/bbq's etc. What about emergencies, greater amount of people on the road at these hours...

With the differences between a XR6T and a 84 corolla... These "kids" are gonna drive both of em hard, but they are gonna push the corolla harder because it is a ***** car, and therefore take unneccary risks trying to get the most performance out of it as possible...

Another contributing factor about the over 26... The majority of those over 26 can afford the cars with numerous airbags (lowering fitalities if a crash occurs) and ABS/TCS/Better handling (preventing crashes).

This is just another instance of the gun laws. If someone wants to shoot someone, they'll shoot em with an unregistered gun as quickly as a registered one. Cars are the same instance, these laws are useless, because if the p-plater wants to drive a car, they'll drive it dispite what laws are placed on them. These laws (both gun and P1/P2) only hurt those that actually follow the laws and aren't the ones doing 150kph in a 60 zone...



Really... How many people on a reputable site like this are going to be the ones crashing their cars/ being idiots? : I'm sure a few people are going to disagree with me (not naming names), but thats just my feelings about it and... yeh...

People under 26 comprise only 15% of driver licences
but are involved in 36% of road fatalities.

So people over 26 comprise 85% of drivers, and 64% of fatalities.... the maths makes it look rather compelling doesnt it...

If age was not a factor with risk then the U26 15% of drivers would be involved in only 15% of fatalities...

The "gun theory" is the only way you can work with idiots, take the guns away so they can't shoot people on impulse or by irresponsible handling of the gun which is what dangerous driving is.
Saying that if someone wants to shoot someone else they'll find a gun anyway is actually called premeditated murder, which is like getting in your car and deliberatly ramming it into someone head on with the aim of killing them......