Comments on: Road toll report: WA the worst

By: a person

a person — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:13:28 +0000

what has the world come to?

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:56:00 +0000

Tikki,
Clearly the education system is failing too! Can’t help thinking that your english skills put you at about year 4 ps level. Maybe you need to wait until you reach the right age to bother about driver training.

By: Tikki

Tikki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:37:41 +0000

Proper training is needed. It is too easy to get a licence. The log book is a waste of time because most people just make it all up and learning from drivers who already have bad habits (yes the parents) is only going to pass on the mistakes. Half of the drivers out there dont even know how to set up there driver seat properly so to avoid injury in case of an accident. I believe that kids should have to pass a driving coarse in school with a properly trained instructor. Let them understand and respect drinving and raod conditions. Dont blame the youth, its the older generation who are not teaching them properly.

By: James

James — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:34:59 +0000

Add some race tracks for the public to use either free or cheap, that way people will be able to get used to how they can control their car…
Stuff like if someone nudges you back end of the car on the 110km/h road you should be able to control it better because of all you experiance on the track…
I thought this was simple…????

By: Stevo the Devo

Stevo the Devo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:31:02 +0000

In the last 30 years the road toll has dropped by three quarters, despite there being more cars on the road. Yet politicians use this as an excuse for more revenue raising. Calling one of the revenue raising speed cameras ‘safety cameras’ is like the nazi’s calling Auschwitz a holiday camp.

By: Joober

Joober — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:22:05 +0000

“I remember driving a hire car in Melbourne about 3 years ago, around from the big bay thing and through St Kilda at about 5 pm on a week day, and they are so on the ball over there in terms of overall concentration and driving up to (but not necessarily over) the speed limit.”

… and thus more unforgiving to one another… people get road rage easily here, you do one slight silly thing, and they’ll beep at you for 10mins straight. Sunday is the worst.

By: realcars

realcars — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:30:30 +0000

Agree David have thought about the Helmet thing too.
As u say if it was compulsory like seat belts would be a good thing IMO.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:24:27 +0000

I’m surprised it wasn’t Adelaide SA – when you look at the way drivers chop n change lanes [Particularly on the Main North Road from Parafield to Gawler] using their telepathic indicators instead of the ones fitted to their cars..

However; to try and put it into some kind of perspective – drivers in WA have more kilometres to travel on rural country roads.. and most people that die on country roads are actually city slickers who aren;t used to driving such long distances at such high speeds.. they’re more used to the 2 hour crawl at an average 15Km/h to travel the 30Km to work.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:41:58 +0000

Hi Fenno. Yes, perceptions do differ!

I remember driving a hire car in Melbourne about 3 years ago, around from the big bay thing and through St Kilda at about 5 pm on a week day, and they are so on the ball over there in terms of overall concentration and driving up to (but not necessarily over) the speed limit.

Over here, it takes a lot of drivers 2 or 3 suburban blocks (call it 500 metres) to even reach the speed limit!

By: Karl Peskett

Karl Peskett — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:19:32 +0000

Fair comment. Will keep it in mind. Cheers mate.