Oh here we go again - more youth bashing - I think it's becoming a national past time.
Does anyone else find it ironic that Peter Brock is involved in this talk-a-thon/exercise in silliness? I mean sure he seems like a good bloke and all but what kind of mixed messages are they trying to send?
At the end of the day we have 5 star cars driving on 1 star roads.
I reckon a big part of the road safety problem could be solved by removing all the trees and power poles that are growing/installed right at the edge of the road. Humans a fallible, we all make mistakes. Why should a small mistake cost your life because you hit a tree that was allowed to grow too close to the edge of the road or a power pole that a utility company was too lazy to put somewhere else?
Send all those guys and gals on work for the dole out with a chainsaw each and you'll soon fix the problem
We had a meeting at the countries leading road safety research institution the other day and they were telling us about one of the driver simulation exercises they were doing on fatigue (the simulator is absolutely amazing). Any way, they hook people up to a brain thingy that shows brain activity. They showed that people can be almost at the point of sleep in relation to their brain wave activity but still have their eyes open and are controlling a car, ie avoiding obstacles etc.
We've probably all been there at some point.
The way the media and some of the so called experts carry on, you’d think that the problem with L and P plate drivers is getting worse but in fact 30% less L and P plate drivers are dieing on roads now than 10 years ago.
Here is an interesting article by Miranda Devine that appeared in the Sun Herald a couple of weeks ago -
worth a read or if you haven't got a subscription go
here and click on the article titled "Say what you like about teen drivers, but fatalities are down"