Now after having read this thread and watching the footage contained, I can safely say I am no more informed. I am only a young male (20yrs) and have been campaigning amongst my peers and older mentor figures these very issues, and sadly believe that there are just some people who basically have no regard for the safety of other road users. Some such examples are within my group of friends and believe they are the next Schumacher, I find this concerning at the least and wonder how many countless young and not so young people complacently get into their vehicle (what ever said vehicle may be) and put the lives of others at risk.
I believe education is defiantly the answer; I am still very inexperienced and fall into the stereotypical bad driver age group 18-25yrs. I would relish the opportunity to further my driving skills. Although I believe teaching driving concepts should also include courses on vehicle crash physics and stats in that I bet most would second think there actions if they could only remotely understand the forces at play. I defiantly don't have all the answers but like to think that I have the right frame of mind.
I own a 1989 R32 GTR which is bone stock, other than brake rotor and pad upgrade all round. I do all my own maintenance work within my scope and enjoy every aspect or the car. I have a mixture of fear and respect for what it is capable of and generally don't push it very hard, I have owned the car for just over a year now and still enjoy driving it most days. I however feel the need to further my driving experience on the track as I have done no track work.
In conclusion I think education along with more accessible off street use of performance vehicles is a must, the sooner the government stop trying to blanket all performance car drivers as hoons and implement funding for such projects the better, we're suppose to have a massive budget surplus every year aren't we?
Why not put it into better infrastructure and training programs?
Well that's my piece hope I don't come across as some do good wanker lol.