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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Beg to differ. Our (car) licensing system is a joke.
There is no divine right for everyone who asks to be given a license (after paying an appropriate fee) to drive a tonne or two of metal an any speed.
Bear in mind (NSW) Learners are banned from going above 80km/hr which hardly disposes them to operating in a free-flowing 110km environment with everyone else.
We have all seen examples of people who are clearly challenged drivers at any speed.
All drivers should have skid pan time, high speed time, taught to keep to the left, plus some first aid, emergency braking and avoidance training.
What tests do we do??. Potter at 40-50km/hr around the block, do a hill start and reverse park. Pay your $150 and remember don't be in such a hurry. Duh.
We are breeding a race of speedometer watchers who falsely believe as long as they don't go above the posted limit (a random number at best) all is well. I prefer to look outside to gauge & go with the flow, see threats and avoid them.
I can honestly say the only times I've come close to grief have been when I didn't see or couldn't see a threat.
Eyes on a speedo are by definition not eyes on the road.
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So true. And to add, after we give them a license and they are 'caught' for being a idiot for excess speeding, drinking/drugs or being a dumbass hoon we just slap them on the wrist and let em go again.
Better roads and better drivers that is what is needed. A pilot dosen't just get shown where the pedals are, pay a fee and then jump in a plane and take off. Nor do they take of and land on tarmac that looks like the surface of the moon.