Raise the driving age, says judge (1 Viewer)

[MissSarajevo]

GRANTING driver's licences to 17-year-olds is like handing them a loaded weapon, and laws should be reviewed, a District Court judge said yesterday.

Judge Colin Charteris, presiding over a case in which a teenage driver crashed his car, killing four of his mates, said it gave rise to debate over the current licensing laws.
High school mates Corey New, Mitchell Eveleigh, Paul Morris, all 16, and Bryce Wells, 17, died when a speeding car driven by their friend ran off the road south of Byron Bay in 2006. The driver, now 19, is facing sentencing in the District Court at Lismore after pleading guilty to four counts of dangerous driving occasioning death.
Read the boys' parents' victim impact statements
Judge Charteris earlier heard evidence of scientific studies which showed cognitive skills related to driving did not develop until a person reached their early 20s.
"The case is an excellent example of why, (the State Government) should reconsider the age when people get licences," he said.
"We are giving people at 17 a licence. It's like giving potentially a loaded gun and saying these are the rules that you don't use the gun."
Judge Charteris said young men commonly erred behind the wheel.
"There's 99.5 per cent of them that abide by the rules, the other half a per cent is just a disaster."
The court heard earlier the driver, who had received his probationary licence three months earlier, was speeding just before losing control at a left hand bend.
Judge Charteris said the speed would play a relevant role in sentencing the driver, who was 17 at the time of the crash. He is now 19.
The 19-year-old has admitted driving in excess of the 90km/h limit applicable to his probationary licence.
He was also driving in excess of the 100km/h limit he said he believed was in place for that stretch of road.
The road was actually subject to an 80km/h limit.
The teenager is expected to be sentenced today.

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[Graney]

How about the cunts improve public transport, make it easier for young people to get to employment, social events, before they think about raising the driving age.

As it stands, for a young person of 17, who doesn't live in a capital city, or lives in an area not serviced by public transport late at night, being able to own and operate private transport is essential.

I'd argue for someone of employment age, to have access to a decent transport network is a fundamental right.

 

[CIV1501]

Yeah sweet, we can go to iraq in the army, we can drink, we can own a .308 rifle, we are adults in the eyes of the police etc but we cant drive until our early 20s lol, nice.

 

[Boxes]

i don't really give a fuck since i'm getting my license today.
suck shit you little cunts.

eat my nuts.

 

[Kirsty Xx]

i don't really give a fuck since i'm getting my license today.
suck shit you little cunts.

eat my nuts.

ever so charming

 

[Boxes]

ever so charming

i try my best.

 

[Kirsty Xx]

I try my best.

<3

 

[Hagaren]

there should be automatic loss of license for first year p platers caught speeding.

but the driving age should remain the same.

the test should be made harder.

 

[Darnie]

first year p platers do automatically lose their licence for speeding offences...

 

[Boxes]

first year p platers do automatically lose their licence for speeding offences...

darnie the bogan is correct.

 

[CIV1501]

hey guys i automatically lost my licence, but then the rta didnt bother sending a solicitor to court which pissed off the magistrate so he was all like gtfo and dont speed again, heres your licence. nice work rta, giving me a licence to kill.

 

[Darnie]

hey guys i automatically lost my licence, but then the rta didnt bother sending a solicitor to court which pissed off the magistrate so he was all like gtfo and dont speed again, heres your licence. nice work rta, giving me a licence to kill.

lol thats awesome as. i didnt appeal my loss of licence. wasnt really worth it.

 

[CIV1501]

i did cos i needed it for work and shit. He didnt really uphold the appeal, he adjourned it for 2 months. 95% sure the rta wont turn up again. its not worth it for them to pay a solicitor to go out and contest a p plate 3 month suspension lol.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

the pizza delivery business would become extinct! Totally not a cool idea. Inconvinience the masses for the sake of a bad few. Rubbish idea.

 

[Darnie]

i did cos i needed it for work and shit. He didnt really uphold the appeal, he adjourned it for 2 months. 95% sure the rta wont turn up again. its not worth it for them to pay a solicitor to go out and contest a p plate 3 month suspension lol.

yeah i doubt i would have won an appeal even if i needed my car.

 

[CIV1501]

lol what did u do?

 

[Darnie]

i was doin 126 in a 100 zone, but he only booked me for 15 - 30 k's over. he told me not to bother with an appeal cause i was going way too quick.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

da fully sik khancoban kid

 

[CIV1501]

da fully sik khancoban kid

stfu you muslam pig

 

[Hagaren]

man i speed so much and have never been caught doing it, i think i will stop today cos this message will jinx me bigtime.