Safer Roads NSW

[One_M]

Originally Posted by Taymaishu

Tougher licence tests do nothing at all. As you'll find, people will just try and try until they succeed.

Tougher licence tests do NOTHING to educate and/or teach better driving skills. Most European countries demand skidpan driving lessons as part of the licence procedure. You'd be hard pressed to get 5% of drivers in Australia that would probably know what a skidpan is.

Well as nice as it would be I'd be suprised if such a program were ever to happen. We have one of the longest km of road per capita of any developed country, meaning every taxpayer's dollar put toward road development doesnt go far enough. We're struggling as is to have funds allocated to roads let alone an elective program to improve what 'might' not be a good enough licencing program.

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by One_M

Well as nice as it would be I'd be suprised if such a program were ever to happen. We have one of the longest km of road per capita of any developed country, meaning every taxpayer's dollar put toward road development doesnt go far enough. We're struggling as is to have funds allocated to roads let alone an elective program to improve what 'might' not be a good enough licencing program.

Exactly. You can't compare an optimum road strategy in Australia with countries that fit inside the same area as suburbs of Australia. And when you take into account the number of Aussie taxpayers to the sheer length of road required. It's a different ballgame.

I agree though that all fees and revenues related to motor vehicles and licencing should be mandated to flow to roads and driver training.

[bfi2906]

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

Exactly. You can't compare an optimum road strategy in Australia with countries that fit inside the same area as suburbs of Australia. And when you take into account the number of Aussie taxpayers to the sheer length of road required. It's a different ballgame.

I agree though that all fees and revenues related to motor vehicles and licencing should be mandated to flow to roads and driver training.

While I agree with you 1000%, if the idiots we have administering the money they collect, stopped pi$$ing it away on ill-conceived and poorly managed and adminstered programs, and handing it out to any boof-head that asks, I think we'd find there'd plenty of money for most things.

Cite the BER (Builders and Engineers Rort) that gave us $800,000 shade-cloth classroom. That's only about 400% of retail - what a bargain. Pink Batts anyone? Or a desal. plant or two - another screaming success.......tragically, the list just goes on.