Me thinks that there should be driver defensive courses for all people starting out first time as compulsory (is this the case now???). Further, depending on age, there should be reviews of license re-testing and driver defence courses partly funded by Government as an intiative towards driver responsibility on our roads. People who lose points and are close to losing license should all be put through this. Many times there are people on the road who drive bad, dangerously and these people should be put through the paces like all of us by having periodic reviews on a regular basis (the worse the history of someone; the more homework on driving they do before losing license). As for safety; to trim costs for car makers build smarter and with costs savings implemented on the factory floor and the office; and NOT at the expense of safety items that should be dam well compulsory in every car (high level ABS, high level EBS, high level ESP, Airbags in front / knee front for driver / side front / curtain in front and back and these should not be tiny things either but a certain big size like in Commodore or Falcon! Who cares how the media or car makers dissect this; I have a whiplash injury that is still causing me grief more than 14yrs down the track so if you have an opinion… SHOVE IT! Thus all you armchair experts, HEAPS OF SAFETY IN CARS COMPULSORY AND NOT OPTIONAL!
REAP WHAT CAR MAKERS SOW WHEN YOU REMOVE ITEMS AS STANDARD = DISASTER!!!

At the Sydney Motorshow, on the outside 4WD track, all SUVs except the Suzuki Grand Vitara went around the entire course. The Suzuki cut short the tough bits and took a short cut home.

Pity because the Suzuki looks nicer than many other SUVs.

Is Queensland that much of a backwater that they don’t deserve the ESP?

Is Suzuki dumping the old stock in QLD?