I never knew the WRX had less power than the almighty 253 and carby 308 V8's
More speed cameras. Nevermind idiotic stuff such as driver education or reposession of the vehicles of fools that do these ridiculous speeds in built-up urban areas.
I was under the impression that 4WD provided almost double the traction compared to 2WD and therefore they could get "extreme acceleration" as a result. How much quicker is a WRX compared to say a V8 Falcon or Commodore from a 40km/h rolling start? Not much, if at all.
Mr Newstead also mentioned, off the record, that the reason it would be difficult to enforce would be the technology does not exist in speed cameras to book these young "hoons" and to leave them on the road so they can rake in more revenue for the government. If the laws were introduced, they would require police to pull the offender over, issue a single fine and have the offender arrange towing the vehicle. This would markedly reduce the government revenue stream.
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I also find it interesting that its barely been mentioned that what they were doing was very wrong. It wasn't a deserted country road where you could see that almost nothing could go wrong, it was suburbia where anything could (and in this case, did) go wrong.
Loss of life is very sad in a situation like this, how would you feel if they lost control, not into a brick fence and tree, but into a family coming the other way? What if you were related to the innocent people using the roads that lost their life as a result?
Its very sad if people lose their lives if they go to get away from the public, to try and push their cars to the limits, such as on a racetrack, or deserted country road with no cars or trees etc.
Reducing the power/weight or performance car, insufficient education for licence holders, the drivers foolishness, anything can be attributed to preventing an accident like this. A stock six cyl Commodore can easily hit 200km/h and wouldn't prevent accidents like this one. Banning the performance cars wont prevent it. Teaching people how to drive would reduce the amount of them.
RIP Gentlemen.