Irresponsible father????

[hodroyd]

A bit of polish and she's sorted..!! The judgement of the Father has to be looked at here, he could have lost the car and a Son all in one go, how stupid is that..??

 

[Blondie]

I think the Aussie approach makes perfect sense. I'd be interested to see what impact (sorry) it had on accident figures.

A report by the Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre:
The relationship between vehicle performance and novice driver crash involvement

"To date, Victoria and New South Wales (the longest operating programs) have not per se evaluated the impact of their vehicle restriction programs on novice driver crashes. New South Wales claimed that their recently identified reduction in novice driver crashes and traffic offences had more to do with the overall package of recently introduced graduated licensing initiatives than vehicle restrictions per se. Of the many initiatives recently introduced in NSW, it was reported that the automatic suspension of provisional drivers for three months upon incurring any speeding offence had been particularly successful in curbing speeding behaviour (21% reduction in speeding offences from 06/07 to 07/08) and related crashes. In NSW, as in Western Australia, provisional drivers are automatically suspended when they have accrued four demerit points. Unlike Western Australia however, the demerit point penalty for the lowest level speeding offence committed by a provisional driver in New South Wales is four points-which by default will result in the automatic suspension of the driver's licence.

To conclude, it would appear that the existing Australian vehicle performance restriction schemes were primarily introduced in response to political and community pressure rather than strong existing evidence in support of higher performance vehicles being a significant contributor the crash problem of young novice drivers. Consequently, the operational definitions of a high performance vehicle across the schemes do not necessarily align with a known increased risk of crashing for this driver group."

 

[CatmanV2]

A bit of polish and she's sorted..!! The judgement of the Father has to be looked at here, he could have lost the car and a Son all in one go, how stupid is that..??

Of course, the son may have simply taken the car without permission. Or did I miss that in the original report?

C

 

[hodroyd]

There are ways of making sure nobody basically steals your car, no matter who, but I see what your are saying Mr.C..!!

 

[FF1078]

Of course, the son may have simply taken the car without permission. Or did I miss that in the original report?

C

My friend didn't tell me if he took it without consent or not, I'll try and find out.

 

[LDM 3200]

How old was the son? Did I miss this bit?
It may well be that any restrictions etc would not have applied / helped.

As drivers we need to be responsible for our actions etc. and as parents I would hope people are equally responsible.

Age and experience are key factors in how people drive although there are a lot of people on the roads of various ages that I would prefer not to be! My stepson is 25 has done lots of driving since passing his test at 17 (his job has always involved quite a bit of travel to various locations in all sorts of conditions). He also competes in the UK drift series (i'm not keen on it either) and has instructed and coached people on track in varous exotic cars.

Would I just had him the keys to the 3200 or the Capri - No!

I seem to remember a thing a few years back about "middle aged" born again riders being quite a high risk. Statistically I wonder how many accidents are caused / involve youngsters in supercars compared to mature drivers?

Sorry for the waffle!

 

[hodroyd]

Interesting prospective, well said..!!

 

[FF1078]

I must say I only took my motorcycle test about 2 years ago as up until then I didn't feel confident enough to be in charge of a powerful bike and even then I purchased a tourer(BMW GS1200) not a Ninja or similar
I crashed loads of cars when I was young literally through lack of experience, e.g. knowing how fast or slow my car would go round a corner without coming a cropper! I think as well as experience a lot of it is in your mind. Look at Lewis Hamilton, I'm sure when he was 17 he could out drive us all and had the right mindset but age to me is a massive factor IMHO

 

[hodroyd]

I agree, such as Lewis he came through the ranks from being a real youngster in Karts and worked his way up over years, get to 17 - 25 and suddenly having no experience get put in a Supercar, it's an accident just waiting to happen..!!