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Not that I'm very old now, but when I was 18-25'ish I spent the majority of my time buying some pretty insanely fast cars which no doubt has me labelled as a hoon by the average public.
However, I did spend a heck of a lot of time at track days where a bunch of us would hire out a racetrack for the day. usually wakefield/eastern creek/oran park.
Whilst there trying to set fast laps you learn an awful lot about driving a car, and more importantly correcting a car when you push it a bit too far.
As a result I have pretty decent car control skills. Often when I am a passenger in a car I am absolutely horrified by their lack of ability and comprehension of what is going on outside the car. The average driver has barely any skills at all - they have nothing more than the ability to operate a machine to the absolute minimum.
There are courses that teach the sort of stuff I learnt on a racetrack - I think everyone should have to do it - compulsory.
I agree with glenc regarding speed limits - I think it's a load of rubbish and a convenient 'out'. I am in favour of speed limits on *selected* freeways being increased above 110 for certain (not yet created) license classes. I think anything to finish your trip faster is a good thing!
With the original poster talking about that blokes crash in the NT - that crash could have been at 60km/h and he still could have died.
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