Thread: Man loses 33 demerit points in one go.

Boy when I was a kid nobody would have had a licence for more than a few weeks.
i used to sit on the cab of a single spinner Ute with my feet on the cream cans going to the depot.
I sometimes/often wonder if the nanny state has gone mad.
nobody can do 240volt wiring yet in UK they can.
you cannot change the seats in your car without paying hundreds to have them certified. In the UkK you can and probably in many other countries.

What happened to taking personal responsibilty for your actions.
and yet hundreds still manage to kill themselves although they have to try a bit harder.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Boy when I was a kid nobody would have had a licence for more than a few weeks.
i used to sit on the cab of a single spinner Ute with my feet on the cream cans going to the depot.
I sometimes/often wonder if the nanny state has gone mad.
nobody can do 240volt wiring yet in UK they can.
you cannot change the seats in your car without paying hundreds to have them certified. In the UkK you can and probably in many other countries.

What happened to taking personal responsibilty for your actions.
and yet hundreds still manage to kill themselves although they have to try a bit harder.

Seat belts save lives, That is an undisputable fact.
Old Mate had 5 kids aged 3-11 years old that were under his care in the van without wearing seatbelts and as a "Responsible" adult it is his job to ensure their safety.
He obviously cant be trusted to ensure the kids safety so the police stepped in to make sure that in future he will think twice about putting his kids in danger again

So i wonder if the law states those demerit points stay accrued or if once you reach the 12 or whatever it is to loose your license it just resets and you start again.

Must be frustrating for the authorities that the road safety messages are still not getting thru to people.

He deserves everything he gets as far as i am concerned.

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Boy when I was a kid nobody would have had a licence for more than a few weeks.
i used to sit on the cab of a single spinner Ute with my feet on the cream cans going to the depot.
I sometimes/often wonder if the nanny state has gone mad.
nobody can do 240volt wiring yet in UK they can.
you cannot change the seats in your car without paying hundreds to have them certified. In the UkK you can and probably in many other countries.

What happened to taking personal responsibilty for your actions.
and yet hundreds still manage to kill themselves although they have to try a bit harder.

You can't protect people against themselves. I'm happy if the powers that be "nanny state" extract funds from them in the form of fines, means less "tax" I have to pay. Just because something is Illegal does not mean you cant do it Phillip, you just get into trouble if your caught.

Oh and I'm happy most people don't do their own wiring.




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According to the Oz the kids were in the back of a panel van.

Back in 'the day' there were many serious spinal injuries resulting from the vans having sometimes minor collisions, etc, when people were lying down in the back.

Pretty sure the practice was outlawed long ago.

DL

Yeah, fatalities and serious injuries were far higher 'back in the day' even though car numbers were dramatically lower. Car design has a lot to do with this but attitudes to wearing seat belts, etc are too.

i did 500km in the last few days. i didnt wear a seat belt the whole time.

Your problem should you have had a prang but would you put kids in your car without making them put their seat belts on?