Or ridiculously technical requiring driving skill but sadly in Australia each time people find a road thats fun to drive at the speed limit the authorities come in and reduce the speed limit further.
Half the problem is the authorities have to cater for the lowest common denominator. Mister Man on his provisional licence goes and kills himself because he is uneducated, unskilled, takes risks, drives drunk or drives a shit box of a car (or any combination thereof); their solution is to throw up a fixed speed camera (which does next to nothing but force people to drive at or below the limit for approximately 50 metres), rather than address the real problem of what actually caused the crash in the first place. Why kids aren't taught basic driver education at high school is beyond me.
Also, we need tougher penalties for driving on your phone, driving with alcohol and/or drugs in your system, those who choose to drive unlicenced etc.... To be honest, 14 demerit points in NSW is too much in my opinion, why are we giving people 5, 6... 10 chances?. Want to talk on your phone and drive a car? Get caught once, a fine and one strike. Second offence, you cop a fine and your phone gets seized by Police for 48 hours. Third offence, your licence gets cancelled and you need to start over on your learners permit.
Ignorance and stupidity aren't excuses. The roads should be reserved for those who have
earned a licence and have demonstrated that they can drive skillfully, defensively and safely. It might even help ease Sydney's traffic congestion.
I work in an organisation where as an employee, we are
expected to know each policy that applies to us. Not word for word, but essentially know and understand "the rules". Not knowing is not an excuse and you will be reprimanded if you breach any. We aren't spoon-fed them in some lengthy, death-by-Powerpoint induction day, we're shown where to access them and as adults we go and read them and take the time to understand them in our own time. Being expected to know the road rules should be no different.