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Thought about this more... if you simplify it down... assume there's 100 drivers in the state and 100 crashes per year.

so there's:

13 p-platers who are responsible for

25 crashes

and

87 non p-platers responsible for

75 crashes

lets say a road safety campaign has a 10% effectiveness in dropping accident rates (be by whatever method they choose)... it'll mean that with some rounding...

12 p-platers will be responsible for

23 crashes

or

79 non p-platers will be responsible for

68 crashes

so if they focussed on non p-platers crashing only, then they'd have 7 less crashes, rather than 2 less crashes.

So if the end goal was to have less crashes, it'd be far smarter to target NON p-platers.

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I'd like to see the breakdown of fatal accidents in the city vs suburbia vs country... whenever I see a crash report on the news its some road in buttf**k nowhere... yet all the cameras and 'safety' devices are setup in areas where the worst accidents seem to be somebody running up the back of someone else because they were using their iphone to find out where the speed cameras are...

Err.. So are P platers.

You can get your license at 18. You can vote at 18.

Silly argument.

percentage wise dude...

oh but i didn't know voting age here was 18+. I always thought it was 21+. Ahaha, sorry i just went and assumed stuff, but they will have to pander to the oldies, they're the ones with more power/money.

so why are we wasting time, money and resources on them rather than the 87% of the road users that cause 75% of total crashes?

surely you'd target the majority rather than the minority as that would result in a larger reduction in incidents, assuming the same resources are allocated to the majority and a similar effectiveness in reduction, it would mean that proportionally speaking we'd have less accidents on the road.

Oh yeah that's right, scapegoating is a wonderful thang. Forgot it was an election year.

because its over representation in the statistics. p platers are more likely to crash, full stop. once the 13% of p platers on the road cause 13% of crashes the scapegoating will stop, and authorities will be forced to focus on the driving community as a whole.

its how we achieve this goal that is important.

what is the chief reason young people crash?

theyre inexperience in situations arrising on the road.

it could be they cant 'read' the traffic properly, or theyre trying out something they havent experienced before- like a burnout or a handbreaky, or they dont realise how damn stupid it is to drive pissed. or any other combination of unforseen events culminating in a disaster.

how do we address the inexperience?

with comprehensive driver training.

training that shows you how easy it is to loose control, and how to regain that control if it happens to you. you cant stop young people from doing burnouts and pulliong handbrakeys, they will try it out. power restrictions and speed limiters will not stop this alone. so you have to give the drivers the tools to save themselves. this is in no way a free ticket to speed and hoon and rally on public roads, and a lot of p platers will do the right thing. but for those who dont, its better they be able to save themselves (And theyre passengers) than not.

training that shows you how to 'read' the traffic. this is supposed to be addressed by driving with your parents everywhere from the time you get you learners. the age to get you learners needs to be decreased then- to give drivers a better chance to learn this crucial skill so you dont pull out in front of that semi.

speed limiters: no. expensive, easily bypassed, and if your going to install these why not a breath alchohol interlock as well? and if we're doing it to p platers why not all cars? and as previously mentioned everybody overtakes a bit over the limit. its safer going faster around grandma and grandpa than sitting in the opposite lane any longer than you have to.

power/weight restrictions: yes. get the basics down in your p plate years before jumping in that 500kw gtr.

roads: fix them! put the poles further away from the road while your at it to.

cheers, Rowdy.

You fool. Can't you see the Jews are responsible for those crashes?

although i can see this is in jest (i would hope, at any rate) i dont appreciate this.

yes, but the same resources used on the other segment of the driving population will directly result in less crashes.

I thought this exercise was about saving lives, not about making people smarter. I personally couldn't give a rats arse about educating p-platers, if you reduced the overall number of incidents that reduces my chances of being involved in an accident due to someone else's fault, regardless of license level. This is all I care about.

I'd like to see the breakdown of fatal accidents in the city vs suburbia vs country... whenever I see a crash report on the news its some road in buttf**k nowhere... yet all the cameras and 'safety' devices are setup in areas where the worst accidents seem to be somebody running up the back of someone else because they were using their iphone to find out where the speed cameras are...

The bullshit retort from authorities would be that the cameras are doing their job...

although i can see this is in jest (i would hope, at any rate) i dont appreciate this.

Why do I get the feeling you wanted to take offence to that? I will therefore not apologise for you taking that one the wrong way...

It had nothing to do with Jews, it was a poke at scapegoating and conspiracy-like blame passing.

its not hard to drive normally and not like an idiot!?

why cant people see this?

SO WHAT if they try to bring in new laws - if you drive normally nothing should present a problem?

just ignore all this media shit - do you honestly think everything is true... ITS THE f**kING MEDIA!

training that shows you how to 'read' the traffic. this is supposed to be addressed by driving with your parents everywhere from the time you get you learners. the age to get you learners needs to be decreased then- to give drivers a better chance to learn this crucial skill so you dont pull out in front of that semi.

The problem with this is some parents dont cear or the l-plater's dont wona drive or get it and hold it for the little amount of time.

so when they do thier test (which is easy) the pass then wona drive every wre but have hardly and exsperance.

e.g

my self and my sister 1.5 years in age diffrence.

me i got my licence as soon as i could and drove every time we went some were (not with mum tho) i would fight my dad to drive to the point of aguments and i did this for two years.

my sister got her p's at age 20 hardly drove, and got a driving lesson before her p-test.

my record. 0 crashes

hers 3 (minor bingles)

i was even afraded to sit in the car wither her casue of her driving.

yes vic does now require 120H for l-platers but how easy is this to forge?

Why do I get the feeling you wanted to take offence to that? I will therefore not apologise for you taking that one the wrong way...

It had nothing to do with Jews, it was a poke at scapegoating and conspiracy-like blame passing.

hey i try to get on with everyone on here, i dont do the rounds of internet forums looking for someone to get agro at. to many people do that already, and i certainly dont want sau to end up like that. but i see where your coming from now, sorry i thought you were just taking a cheap shot at jews. i hear them all the time.

training that shows you how to 'read' the traffic. this is supposed to be addressed by driving with your parents everywhere from the time you get you learners. the age to get you learners needs to be decreased then- to give drivers a better chance to learn this crucial skill so you dont pull out in front of that semi.

The problem with this is some parents dont cear or the l-plater's dont wona drive or get it and hold it for the little amount of time.

so when they do thier test (which is easy) the pass then wona drive every wre but have hardly and exsperance.

e.g

my self and my sister 1.5 years in age diffrence.

me i got my licence as soon as i could and drove every time we went some were (not with mum tho) i would fight my dad to drive to the point of aguments and i did this for two years.

my sister got her p's at age 20 hardly drove, and got a driving lesson before her p-test.

my record. 0 crashes

hers 3 (minor bingles)

i was even afraded to sit in the car wither her casue of her driving.

yes vic does now require 120H for l-platers but how easy is this to forge?

i think its one of those things where you can take a horse to water but you cant make it drink. you just have to give people the best opportunities. and perhaps a minimum amount of hours clocked with a driving instructor (harder to forge) is the key here. these should be subsidised so as not to encumber lower income families, though.

my girlfriend was the same, she wouldnt drive anywhere and i had to wait until i got my full licence to help her get her hours up in the car. im happy driving with her now because i taught her 100 of the 120 hours :) and were gonna do one of those advanced driver training courses. anyone know of a good one in vic south?

yes, but the same resources used on the other segment of the driving population will directly result in less crashes.

I thought this exercise was about saving lives, not about making people smarter. I personally couldn't give a rats arse about educating p-platers, if you reduced the overall number of incidents that reduces my chances of being involved in an accident due to someone else's fault, regardless of license level. This is all I care about.

your right of course, if the same resources and money were spent on fully licenced drivers there would be a reduction in total crashes in the short term. but if we educate p platers, they will eventualy be the fully licenced drivers, and will carry that education with them for the rest of theyre lives, leading to fewer overall crashes in the future, and forever more.

the best way to stop crashes is by educating people! and the ones that need educating are the ones without experience! smarter people=less dumb shit accidents.

restricting power, although important, speed limiters, less passengers, these are all knee jerk reactions, bandaind fixes that take choice from people and personaly i hate that. being responsible is about making the right choices, and learning from the wrong ones, and we cant do that if there are no choices to make.

rowdy.

making p-platers unable to drive at night is a load of bs. p-platers doing the right thing and driving their pissed mates around so they dont drink and drive should not be punished. This law will not pass there would be bob-jane style riots!

hey i try to get on with everyone on here, i dont do the rounds of internet forums looking for someone to get agro at. to many people do that already, and i certainly dont want sau to end up like that. but i see where your coming from now, sorry i thought you were just taking a cheap shot at jews. i hear them all the time.

No worries man, peace :bunny:

i think its one of those things where you can take a horse to water but you cant make it drink. you just have to give people the best opportunities. and perhaps a minimum amount of hours clocked with a driving instructor (harder to forge) is the key here. these should be subsidised so as not to encumber lower income families, though.

my girlfriend was the same, she wouldnt drive anywhere and i had to wait until i got my full licence to help her get her hours up in the car. im happy driving with her now because i taught her 100 of the 120 hours :) and were gonna do one of those advanced driver training courses. anyone know of a good one in vic south?

I have attended two.

mercotts defencive driving- was a 18th bday present and was quite happy with that one. the speeds all the practical were done at were 40-60km/h

did the 2nd one when i got my own car (6 months after turning 18) with AAMI insurance as it was free.

didn't like it as the speeds were much lower 30-40km/h and didn't realy show what could happen.

If there is one thing for sure i agree with its the power restriction rules.. im almost 21 now and have just got a turbo vehicle. but before i had the skyline i drove a subaru liberty, just a manual stocko 2.5l awd.. it was awd so i could never do anything stupid like burnouts, drifts, etc.. most fun would be a handbrakey, and you get bored pretty quick... i must say i think it was the best first car to start driving in and i know what im gonna buy my kids if i ever have any and if they ever get their licences. haha

having said that.... most of the other rules they are trying to implement now are f**king ridiculous... banning driving at night for p platers/under 25s.. or whatever it is... how do they expect ppl to experience driving at night then?? so as soon as we can legally drink and drive.. we can drive at night.. seems f**kin ridiculous.

how are we ment to go to work if we work at night? etc etc

Speed limiters, stupid.. to expensive never going to happen so no need to worry...

and harsher points system...? its already fairly harsh as is.. i mean accidents happen, and you need to take into account ppl do make mistakes... 5 points in 365 days, its already pretty tight if you ask me.

i've driven a rb20det before i even had my L's

its got to do with the driver not the car, as a number of low power cars end up in stupid accidents ( stepping on gas instead of the brake etc)

i got impounded in a 30kw corolla, its got nothing to do with power unless it 300+ kw

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