Reducing the road toll

@JudyEv (340683)
Rockingham, Australia
December 2, 2024 6:30pm CST
The photo has little to do with the post but shows our friend’s car posed against a tree when we created a humorous calendar for her featuring her beloved car in all sorts of compromising positions. Western Australia has had a number of young drivers killed and injured lately because of car accidents. These are often caused by excessive speed. I’m sure it’s a common tragedy everywhere. There is a much higher incidence of young people killed or injured compared to other age groups. Inexperience and over-confidence are often factors in crashes in this age group. In Australia, red P plates are issued to newly licensed drivers for their first six months of driving. They then go on to green P plates. The ‘plate’ is a clearly visible card which must be displayed on the vehicle. However, our state has now brought in new regulations and red P Platers will only be allowed to drive with one other passenger in the vehicle. There are exceptions as regards immediate family members or driving for employment purposes. Let’s hope these measures help reduce the number of young people affected by car accidents.
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17 responses
@AmbiePam (93343)
• United States
3 Dec
That’s terrible. I hope it does something to change things. We have a problem with young people drag racing. It’s caused numerous injuries, and many deaths. And those deaths are usually innocent people just driving nearby.
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@rebelann (112909)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Dec
I hope it works the way it was intended.
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@sallypup (61341)
• Centralia, Washington
3 Dec
When you're young its often the attitude that somebody else, not you, will get hurt. I hope the new laws will help.
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@LindaOHio (179873)
• United States
3 Dec
Interesting about the plates. How is your hubby doing? Have a good day.
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@Beestring (14592)
• Hong Kong
3 Dec
Here in my city, I didn't notice that the young drivers caused a lot of accidents. Most accidents involved the pretty old age drivers.
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• Indonesia
3 Dec
How to prevent this from happening, please explain specifically, may I?
@snowy22315 (181243)
• United States
4 Dec
I hope it does.
@allknowing (137085)
• India
3 Dec
Here they get the L plate - learning.
@jstory07 (139780)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Dec
I hope it helps. Teens to often think they know more than they really do. Than they take changes that they should not/
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@LadyDuck (471766)
• Switzerland
3 Dec
I hope it works, most accidents here happen because young people look at their smartphones while driving.
@rakski (124522)
• Philippines
3 Dec
It is heartbreaking to see lives lost or permanently altered because of something preventable. I think it is important to back these regulations with education especially with the young drivers
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@RasmaSandra (80238)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec
I hope it does the job it's supposed to
@aureategloom (10150)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
3 Dec
in Bosnia we also have "P" that stands for pocetnk (beginner) sign that's supposed to be taped on the back of the car and it has to be there from the day you start driving your car (get driving license) and be there for 2 years. there are also rules that are only for beginner like the one that as a beginner you need to drive 10kmh slower than shown on the speed sign. but still, many beginners ignore that because it would mean driving 30kmh through some places and it would just be too slow and it's understandable to me.
• United States
3 Dec
Drag racing has become a problem here with our young people. We have a system where at a certain age their driver's license is sideways then as they mature to a higher age the photo gets put back in regular landscape mode and also rules that they can't drive with more than one person in the car while on their permit
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@ptrikha_2 (47008)
• India
3 Dec
I think many youngsters carried away by the pickup and power of new Cars. Here, I have seen some folks driving SUVs and some spoilt rich brats with BMW, Merc etc. going berserk. Of course, the traffic situation & driving culture here is much worse than that of Australia so yes, I can understand how bad the situation becomes with more road accidents. Road awareness campaigns become important but often many people do not learn.
@wolfgirl569 (107062)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Dec
They have started one passenger only here too. I haven't heard if it's helping
@Shiva49 (26718)
• Singapore
3 Dec
I worry about others creating accidents due to their impatience. It is easy to fall victim to their folly for no fault of ours.