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In article <4h6s91$aaj@kettle.magna.com.au>, geraldh@magna.com.au (Gerald
Horky) wrote:

> 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.

Lets see - you reckon that you could raise revenue by forcing everyone to
take a test every five years. So, basically, you are saying that you want
the drivers who have no problem driving at the speed limit to subsidise
your desire to speed.

No thanks. I'll happily take a test every five years - but Im not going to
pay a fortune for it just becuase you cant afford to pay fines that you
make an educated choice about. Do you run red lights as well?

Heres a good idea, lets make non smokers pay for all the health problems
suffered by smokers, that sounds fair as well.

> 	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?

I guess this is a good point. Obviously sending people to gaol for murder
is waste of time and money, I dont know why we bother.

A limit on the amount of alcohol you can have in your body, what a stupid
idea. I know I can control a car travelling at 150kmh, even when Im full to
the brim.

I think the point to be made there is that increasing gaol time may have
little effect on a criminal. Increasing the pain on the hip pocket will
effect the average person.

Man, I did get up grumpy this morning!

Stephen Rogan.