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Road Safety Feedback Sought from Young Australians 

30 November, 2004

New South Wales Roads Minister Carl Scully has urged young people to read an options paper on ways to improve safety for young drivers, and send their comments to the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA).

Mr Scully launched the discussion paper yesterday at a school road safety forum held for senior students at the Illawarra Sports High School at Berkeley.

The paper canvases 11 different options including increased driver training, a limit on the number of passengers in cars, driving curfews and prohibiting "P" plate drivers from driving high powered cars.

Mr Scully says any changes must enjoy community support, be practical to implement and enforceable by police.

"These are all things that are put on the table for discussion - I'm not ruling in or ruling out anything, but I can hint that I'm interested in exploring the possibility of restricting the power of vehicles and the number of passengers and I really would like the feedback fairly soon on that," he said.

The options paper is available at www.youngdrivers.com.au or any branch of the RTA.

Source: ABC News