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Post by Chips on May 19, 2008 8:19:44 GMT 9.5
Of big wheels and little
According to an OECD report, crashes involving young drivers in Sweden fell by 40 per cent in the two years after supervised learning time was increased from 45 hours to 120 hours ("Triplets on L-plates: that's 290 hours, or like driving to Beijing," May 17-18).
I think it would be safe to assume that given the difficulty of obtaining a licence under the new system, this statistic would be more a result of there suddenly being fewer young drivers rather than the usual number of young drivers suddenly being better behind the wheel.
David Grant Ballina
Perhaps, Mike Carlton (May 17-18), the reason that "the roads of the ACT are not strewn with teenage corpses" is that in the ACT they have proper roads.
Alastair Wilson Balmain
I feel sorry for all the parents trying to achieve 120 hours of driving practice with their teenagers.
However, I fear we might have to wait until twins belonging to a very prominent NSW politician reach driving age before anything changes.
Rosemary Hansell Lane Cove
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on May 19, 2008 8:34:41 GMT 9.5
I think it would be safe to assume that given the difficulty of obtaining a licence under the new system, this statistic would be more a result of there suddenly being fewer young drivers rather than the usual number of young drivers suddenly being better behind the wheel. David Grant Ballina Difficult, you have no idea what difficult is. Imagine getting one chance to pass your test and failing with only 1 demerit point against you. Fail to do a hill start or to reverse park once and you never get your licence ever. Imagine having to do a three month university course before you can even apply for your learners, let alone get a licence. Imagine having to have an advanced first aid course, and having to keep it current, before you can learn how to drive. Imagine not only loosing your licence but your car, for good, because you blew your horn one to many times. These things to exist in some countries, even now Australia would be in the top 5% of countries where it is easy to get a drivers licence.
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