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Sounds exactly like gun control to me.Captain� Obvious said:At the heart and soul of this issue, is the fact that there are P-platers who are breaking the law; speeding and driving dangerously. They have a disregard for the law and safety of other people.
I find it funny, that the way that some people suggest to combat this, is to introduce new laws and restrictions on P-platers. The p-platers don't obey speed limits, or other traffic laws.. but yeh, they are going to obey the new laws and restrictions placed on them, aren't they?
if you had been listening to the news you would also find that the police still DONT know what the cause of the accident was.Pilgrim said:http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/dead-teens-parents-call-for-clampdown/2006/11/28/1164476178204.html
Just saw this on the news, damn I'm pissed off at the parents of irresponsible teenagers, blaming everybody else except the driver and their own control over their son.
He's going to talk tomorrow about restricting p-platers of everything and/or anything.
I wish there was a responsible representative for P-Platers, because the rest of us responsible drivers are being treated like shit because we don't have anyone to represent us. I would debate this fool if possible.
If he had kept an eye on his son and knew what the fuck he was doing and who he was hanging around with, maybe this wouldn't have happened. Since when did parents lose responsibility to give their son decent common sense.
But now because shitty dumb ass drivers who somehow gained their license, (who probably cant even drive a manual which makes it easier for them to simply push the accelerator to the floor), are crashing everywhere, the rest of us are being fucked.
Well if it was, as you say, actually an "accident", then really new laws should have no real effect.w00dy. said:if you had been listening to the news you would also find that the police still DONT know what the cause of the accident was.
the boys that died in that ACCIDENT were sensible and responsible boys. no alcohol was consumed that night and it was PROVEN.
dont you think the driver would feel bad enough knowing he was behind the wheel of the car that killed four of his mates?
yes we all have lives that require alot of travelling and what not. but stop and think about what these 'proposed' laws are trying to achieve.
for those who want to disobey it then go ahead. but DONT complain when these laws get changed because a majority arent abiding by the ones that in place to protect lives.
Safety is the new tyranny.w00dy. said:if it is so be it. but it will be changed with the ideology that something good will come of it. the deaths among p platers and young persons on the road could be reduced....
Try saying that to the parents though..lengy said:They should take safety precaution labels off goods and see how many people die from stupid accidents. Natural selection.
I would be interested to see a copy of the letter you sent and then what was published. You would've probably have been better off sending it to the Herald as the Tele tends to be sensationalised. However it seems that everyone is against P Platers.katie_tully said:So the other day the Daily Telegraph published a letter I wrote regarding the current issue.
The damn tools did several things which I am quite angry about. They dumbed down the wording and PARAPHRASED certain parts of the letter.
The ALP, like all political parties, respond only to the media. We may be right, but so long as the media is not on our side, we have no hope of getting anything realistic to happen.Scanorama said:Maybe instead of giving rape prevention talks every year in school, they should have talks on the correct attitude of driving?
Bringing new laws won't change anything, the death toll will still be the same. Time to actualy do something not introducing yet another useless law.
Yah true, media screws up things. One thing that I think the RTA has to do (but they fucken wont) is put some better roads and signs.katie_tully said:Remember when that old bloke ran over Sophie Delizio earlier this year, so the media called for the blood of all elderly drivers?
They just get their knickers in a knot over the latest sensation. As it's schoolies and grad time of year, it's the season to hound P platers. Wait until the holidays when it's whole families being killed by truck drivers and they'll have a new group to hound.