Re: My speeding ticket hearing of 5/12/1995

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From: Gerald Horky
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00

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In article <4h6719$r69@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>,
   walsh@sun.mech.uq.oz.au (Bernard Walsh) wrote:

>The law is there to protect drivers who are not trained to drive at
>high speeds. etc.....

	Well then why doesn't the gov make it a little HARDER for people 
to get their licence? Instead of raising fines and lowering limits, why 
not make it a requirement to attend proper gov approved driving schools, 
teach people a bit about car dynamics, take them and show them what 
happens to a vehicle under heavy braking in the wet etc. Also how about a 
renewal licence test every 5 years until the age of 55 (then yearly). With 
all the extra revenue fines could be at a reasonable level, and so could 
speed limits.
	Note that with all criminal offenders, it is a main argument that 
increasing the punishment has a minor effect, why then do they think that 
raising fines and lowering limits will prove any more effective?

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From: geraldh@magna.com.au (Gerald Horky)
Subject: Re: My speeding ticket hearing of 5/12/1995
Date: 1996/03/01
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